As radical as it is, the measure is part of the logical continuation of the events that have taken place in recent weeks in the British sky and especially on the ground, in the main airport of the country. British Airways has therefore decided to purely and simply discontinue the sale of its short-haul flights on theHeathrow airport, as reported by the English media. Which specify that the measure must apply until August 15th. It will nevertheless spare the other London and British airports. A measure which, if it is consistent with previous decisions, is not entirely assumed by the company. Interrogates…
As radical as it is, the measure is part of the logical continuation of the events that have taken place in recent weeks in the British sky and especially on the ground, in the main airport of the country. British Airways has therefore decided to purely and simply discontinue the sale of its short-haul flights on theHeathrow airport, as reported by the English media. Which specify that the measure must apply until August 15th. It will nevertheless spare the other London and British airports. A measure which, if it is consistent with previous decisions, is not entirely assumed by the company. Asked by Voyages d’Affaires regarding this interruption until mid-August, the British Airways spokesperson answered ” This was reported [par les médias] and we do not dispute it”…
This decision is explained by the difficult management – chaotic one might say – of the return to high levels of traffic within the London hub. Heathrow management had asked in mid-July to limit daily traffic to 100,000 passengers. And British Airways was lately practicing ticket practice « Hate Selling »by inflating fares to discourage passengers.
on certain dates we have to stop sales to ensure we don’t go over the cap at Heathrow Airport
The spokesperson for British Airways is nevertheless more articulate when it comes to emphasizing the airport’s role in this situation, and even seeing this “strategy” as an “advantage”. ” Our priority is to depart our customers as planned and to ensure that we are in compliance with the Heathrow airport capping. To continue to meet our obligations under this cap (beyond cancellations already made), we are continuously reviewing the number of customers departing from LHR and are dynamically managing the situation across our program – this may consist of limiting the number of seats to be sold, but on certain occasions or dates, we have to stop sales to make sure we don’t go over the cap at Heathrow airport. The advantage of this approach is that we can protect existing bookings and that in the event of an operational disruption on the day (e.g. weather disruptions or air traffic control restrictions) we have more seats to reassign customers who were unable to connect ».
