BA forced to cancel all flights from New York to major UK airport for over 3 months

The suspension volition stay successful spot for implicit 3 months (Image: Getty)

British Airways has cancelled its flights betwixt Gatwick Airport and New York betwixt mid-December to mid-March adjacent year.

The hose is halting much than 100 long-haul flights from London Gatwick to New York, blaming it connected delays successful the transportation of caller engines, and informing of nary speedy fix.

The suspension of the fashionable way volition commencement connected December 12 and volition past until March 25, 2025, impacting astatine slightest 103 flights.

A spokesperson for British Airways said: “We’re disappointed that we’ve had to marque further changes to our docket arsenic we proceed to acquisition delays to the transportation of engines and parts from Rolls-Royce – peculiarly concerning the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines fitted to our 787 aircraft.

"We’ve taken this enactment due to the fact that we bash not judge the contented volition beryllium solved quickly, and we privation to connection our customers the certainty they deserve.

London Gatwick is 1 of the UK's astir important airports (Image: Getty)

“We’ve apologised to those affected and are capable to connection the immense bulk a formation the aforesaid time with British Airways oregon 1 of our spouse airlines.”

BA stressed that the hose is successful adjacent connection with Rolls-Royce to guarantee consciousness of the interaction these delays are having connected operations and to question punctual solutions.

A Rolls-Royce spokesperson said: “We proceed to enactment with British Airways and each of our customers to minimise the interaction of the constricted availability of spares owed to the existent proviso concatenation constraints. Unfortunately, this is an contented affecting the full aerospace industry.”

The Trent 1000 engines are specifically designed for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, providing a 20 percent summation successful ratio compared to erstwhile models.

British Airways began its work from London Gatwick to New York successful 2015, being the 3rd hose to found this way aft London Heathrow and London City.

Due to these disruptions, British holidaymakers readying trips to New York this wintertime volition request to research alternate options, specified arsenic flying with BA from London Heathrow, wherever the airline's services to the Big Apple stay unaffected, oregon with a antithetic company.

Additionally, the hose has postponed the relaunch of its way from London Heathrow to Kuala Lumpur, which was primitively scheduled for November 12. This way is present expected to resume successful April 2025.