When BA cancelled their franchise with Regional Air, they automatically rebooked me onto other carriers between JNB and NBO (SAA one way, AirKenya the other, if I remember correctly)...

It was on a QF issued xONEx... BA did all the work on the ticket, and reissued it on their stock, with flights booked on the other carriers.

I would take this matter up directly with BA...they should be willing and able to fix it. (It would surprise me if AA did the protecting in this case, as the cancellations weren't theirs).

The OP can't sue BA. His contract is with AA.
He should have no trouble winning this case at an English court (small claims court procedure being a very efficient way of doing it) but I have no clue as to the precise US laws/procedures that may apply to it if it was sold in the US.

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I wouldn't sue, but people on FT give lots of bad advice in this type of situation, mainly along the lines of "the COC says this, case closed."

Any case law you care to cite?
I am not a lawyer, but I have done a bit of reading in contract law, and the case is 101% clear cut. Consideration is the key word.
Read the basics here or get a contract law textbook for more info.
Small claims procedure in England costs very little, no solicitor is required and costs aren't awarded unless the case is deemed frivolous and/or the losing party declines multiple offers of out-of-court settlement.

I have been thinking more about this.

Once the ticket is issued I think [non-weather / acts-of-God] cancellations, whether 4 months in advance or 2 hours in advance fall under 'some sort of rule 80 or rule 240'...not OneWorld rules...OneWorld rules applie before ticket purchase or if both the passenger and airline both agree to make some sort of change.

I know these rules (80/240) are no longer written [or hard to find if they are], but basically the common sense version is that if an airline promised to get you to a place more or less on a day at more or less a specific time they need to figure out [pay] how to do that. I think a jury would agree with that and thus why airlines follow a version of these rules even if not written out--in my experience [i.e. on a same day cancellation DONE ticket AA put me on a NWA flight].

In this case it is up to the flyer to get relief from AA and from AA to get relief from BA.

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You don't need any case law to prove what is already to be found in the statute.
A contract can be voided for a number of specific reasons (e.g. misrepresentation or illegal terms), and the whim of one of the parties isn't included in the list.

If you can find me any statute or case that contradicts this part, or this part, or this part of the Sale Of Goods Act 1979, I'll grant you that the chances of winning this are less than 100%.

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AFAIK, and if we except clown-charter-outfits and LCCs, in the vast majority of suspended route cases, airlines have been happy to arrange reprotection with another carrier. Indeed, BA did that very recently with flights to HRE.

The Sale of Goods Act has been supplemented by the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982, and it clearly includes things like "future goods", "perishable goods", and "services".

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A lawyer friend of mine is actually interested in maybe pursuing this [generally, not specific to Iceland] as a class action. I told him I am not interested because I think generally AA will stand behind the product to something as obvious as a cancellation to where no one in the OneWorld team no longer flies. We will see...

Don't be fooled by KEF's website
 

KEF is ONLY served by FI and FI Exp. Iceland is the only country in the world that has only ONE airline this is regardless of what the KEF airport website tells you.

No other carrier wants to fly there , therefore FI treats their customers like cattle or worse !!!

Numerous times I was stuck at KEF to the point that I quit a project doing because of NO options of getting there/out of there on any other carrier but FI.

"Due to alternatives Iceland is different than most other OneWorld destinations"

Could somebody count the inaccuracies in this post, please?! :rolleyes: