Originally Posted by
SonTech
I thought airlines could not use the excuse that a flight was delayed due to a delay in the inbound aircraft? Ie knock on effects.
If you miss a flight due to a missed connection, then BA does need to rebook on the next available service with available seats, but this isn't knock-on in the usual sense and BA aren't responsible if it is due to ATC or weather. A better example would be if the NCL service had been delayed by several hours due to bad weather in Rome or something affecting a previous service. When it come to 30 minutes at LHR the bar is so low that isn't giving much scope for passenger claims under EC261, not least because BA already pad about 15 minutes extra time on to the NCL schedule. It's not totally out of the question, we'd need more forensic detail on timings, but it doesn't look promising from the information so far provided.