BA7 LHR-HND departure delay today

0hnoes · Dec 14, 12, 2:21 pm

Does anyone know why this flight was delayed by just over 5 hours today (14/12)?

Ta

arthurolecki · Dec 14, 12, 2:25 pm

Lack of available aircraft.

0hnoes · Dec 14, 12, 2:27 pm

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Lack of available aircraft.

Thank you.

stifle · Dec 14, 12, 3:30 pm

Sounds like a lot of €600 payouts are due!

0hnoes · Dec 14, 12, 3:35 pm

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Sounds like a lot of €600 payouts are due!

Would compensation apply to the inbound HND-LHR tomorrow too? That has a 5 hour delay showing due to BA7 arriving late.
I have a friend on this flight and some EU compensation would definitely sweeten the deal of waking up at 3am and then having a 5 hour delay attached to your flight!

Edit: Googled myself and it does indeed look like he is eligible to claim.

stifle · Dec 14, 12, 4:28 pm

Yes it does.

timezonehopper · Dec 14, 12, 4:52 pm

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Originally Posted by 0hnoes

Would compensation apply to the inbound HND-LHR tomorrow too? That has a 5 hour delay showing due to BA7 arriving late.
I have a friend on this flight and some EU compensation would definitely sweeten the deal of waking up at 3am and then having a 5 hour delay attached to your flight!

Edit: Googled myself and it does indeed look like he is eligible to claim.

Just a point of reference here. The last time I flew out of Haneda my flight was delayed by about three hours. At the time I opened a thread here on whether or not I should check in on time or not. After starting that thread I got both an email and text from BA confirming the delay, and, more importantly, informing me that check-in would stay open until 8am so it's very likely that your friend will not have to wake at 3am and then hang around at HND for an extra 5 hours.

stifle · Dec 15, 12, 3:51 am

You're also entitled to compensation unless "about three hours" resolves to under three hours.

stevie · Dec 15, 12, 4:11 am

My BLR flight was cancelled, and they put me on the next flight 24 hours later. I was treated well by BA.

Am I due compensation out of interest?

stifle · Dec 15, 12, 4:20 am

Yes unless the cancellation was due to extraordinary circumstances which could not have been avoided given all reasonable precautions.

stevie · Dec 15, 12, 4:24 am

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Yes unless the cancellation was due to extraordinary circumstances which could not have been avoided given all reasonable precautions.

Fog closed the BLR airport, the plane landed somewhere else.

Littlegirl · Dec 15, 12, 4:38 am

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Fog closed the BLR airport, the plane landed somewhere else.

I don't think BA can be responsible for fog closing an airport.

stevie · Dec 15, 12, 4:43 am

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I don't think BA can be responsible for fog closing an airport.

True, I was just interested. I was treated very well and have no complaints except being 24 hours late.

Himeno · Dec 15, 12, 5:56 am

With the long haul slot issues at HND, wouldn't this sort of delay cause a cancellation?

**LTN Phobia** · Dec 15, 12, 8:29 am

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With the long haul slot issues at HND, wouldn't this sort of delay cause a cancellation?

I think the slot issues relate to schedules rather than the actual take-off time. The delayed flight did operate.