British Airways to cancel 103 flights on major route until 2025

British Airways has cancelled all flights from Gatwick to New York until at least next year due to delays in delivering engines.

Hundreds of flights have been cancelled over the coming months, despite the route to JFK airport being increasingly popular towards Christmas.

Flights between December 12 to March 25 have all been cancelled because the airline was unable to find parts for the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines.

The engine is designed to power the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft.

British Airways said: ‘We’ve taken this action because we do not believe the issue will be solved quickly, and we want to offer our customers the certainty they deserve.

‘We’ve apologised to those affected and are able to offer the vast majority a flight the same day with British Airways or one of our partner airlines.

‘We continue to work closely with Rolls-Royce to ensure the company is aware of the impact its issues are having on our schedule and customers, and seek reassurance of a prompt and reliable solution.’

Rolls Royce said: ‘We continue to work with British Airways and all of our customers to minimise the impact of the limited availability of spares due to the current supply chain constraints.

‘Unfortunately, this is an issue affecting the whole aerospace industry.’

The engines first powered 24 of the airline’s Boeing 7687s in 2007.

But the delays in finding the parts has reduced this down to 19.

British Airways flights between London Heathrow and JFK are operating as normal.

This article was originally published on October 17, 2024

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