Originally Posted by
MH1986
Any ideas on the cancellation of BA11 LHR-SIN today. I see it’s an A380 route which is probably explanation enough…
Friend was booked on it, hasn’t been rebooked and could do with knowing if UK261 applies in addition to the refund.
Not an ideal situation!
The flight was suppose to be operated by G-XLEB which has been undergoing routine maintenance since Oct 8th at LHR, so I am guessing something has popped up which has delayed its re-entry to service. That, coupled with G-XLEC being stuck in JNB since Sunday morning, we are back to the usual situation of BA trying to operate 9 x A380's flights with 9 planes, so there is no slack in the system when things go wrong! (they'd already switched the BOS service to a B77W plane these past few days)
G-XLEA/F/H/K - all of these planes have left LHR on their proposed schedules
G-XLED is servicing IAD this afternoon, so am surprised that wasn't potentially sacrificed, although might be a bit late to cancel it now!
G-XLEE is in SIN coming back tonight
G-XLEG is undergoing routine maintenance at LHR (it should have just swapped with G-XLEB in the LHR hanger)
G-XLEJ is in JNB coming back tonight
G-XLEL is heading to JNB tonight, and with an A380 of people already stuck from Sunday evening, BA can't afford to cancel another JNB service.
Pilot37