Originally Posted by
JSM8
To be fair to U2 - they paid for hotel and taxis and also they are reimbursing the BA flight I took on Monday morning £1,075 for 3 of us, vs the £107 that we spent on the original flight from BFS that got cancelled. So I am not out of pocket at least. But it would still be interesting to know how they can determine and prove that ATC was the cause of the cancellation. Otherwise virtually every delay or cancellation could be excused by exceptional circumstances......and then what is the point of EU261?
From 11:40 - 20:00 Gatwick had a flow rate in of 27ph. This was changed at 18:27 to cancel all slots into Gatwick. This followed on from a flow rate of 22ph from 07:30 - 10:00 which increased to 26ph between 1000 and 11:40
Also on Sunday, BES*, BOD*, MAS*, Greece and Cyprus all had slots in. As the day went on slots became worse in Europe due to capacity and in some destinations (Greek Islands) due to the Weather playing a part.
* Likely to be en route ATC slots rather than arrival destination slots.