Flight delayed- aircraft late arrival 3 days in advance
 

Just got notification on the app that my flight on Thursday is delayed by 50 minutes due to the late arrival of my aircraft- now that’s forward planning.

it often happens, its likely just that the aircraft that is planned for your flight is currently about 50 minutes behind schedule so everything its planned to do is reflecting the delay.

there is a strong possibility that delay will disappear in the next 48 hours

Or prevailing winds, political unrest, or anything else which has caused rerouting of one kind or another allow BA to know in advance that this will occur.

It's a known issue within the current planning software, the company have no way to repress the information and therefore stop the app/website being updated with a delay that probably won't happen. Various operational systems are being replaced so there may be an end in sight.

Yes, just made me laugh when it came up as a notification, at the same time as breaking news from the BBC.

I’m sure I’m not the only one that dislikes the ‘late arrival of inbound aircraft’ reason for delay and would much rather an actual reason for a delay was given. Although then I do also dislike it on the tube when they tell me there is a good service operating on all lines and in my head I always reply with ‘wel I’ll be the judge of that thank you’. 😂

BA should really stop doing these notifications as all they generally do is cause unnecessary worry and confusion (especally with infrequent travellers) as in the majority of cases these delays are wiped out when the day of travel is reached.

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As noted above it is an issue which can’t be resolved with the current software, changes are said to be afoot.

mots the 351 on Thursday Toronto (BA93)

Not that I know anything, but I find it hard to believe that BA wouldn't be able to stop its own app from sending push notifications about such things (even if the flight status might indeed be changed to "delayed" due to these software limitations)

Out of interest are you using the iPhone or Android app?

Not OP, but I'm on the iPhone gang.

This, incidentally, highlights an obvious bug in the iApp, whereby the display of a delayed flight is truncated, losing the very information that’s most pertinent :

I experienced something similar last Wednesday when my Friday flight was predicted to leave on time but arrive 17 minutes late. Strange glitch.

mum a slave to IPhone I’m afraid