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• “It’s the right thing to do for our customers and our colleagues,” said a British Airways spokesperson on Wednesday sakla
  
  They were describing the latest cull of summer flights: a further 10,300 short-haul departures sakla between August and October, affecting at least one million passengers with existing bookings sakla
  
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  Was it a good day to bury bad flight news?On any normal day, the news that the national airline has cancelled the flights of one million passengers with existing bookings would be the main headline sakla
  
  RecommendedAdele says Las Vegas cancellations made her a 'shell of a person'Manchester Airports Group loses £10 per second due to Covid restrictionsBritish Airways to cut 10,300 more short-haul flights before end of OctoberBut the timing of the announcement, coinciding with the drama of dozens of government resignations, appears accidental sakla
  
  BA had to provide details of further peak season cancellations by Friday in order to keep its precious portfolio of arrival and departure slots in place next summer sakla
  
  The British Airways spokesperson said: “This new flexibility means that we can further reduce our schedule and consolidate some of our quieter services so that we can protect as many of our holiday flights as possible sakla
  
  ”Should anyone with a British Airways booking in August, September or October be worried?British Airways says: “Most of our flights are unaffected and the majority of customers will get away as planned sakla
  
  ”Only domestic and European departures are affected – though passengers who are planning to transfer from Scotland, Manchester, Belfast or Newcastle connecting to long-haul services could be affected sakla
  
  Most of the cancellations are expected to be at London Heathrow, though some will be made at Gatwick and London City airport sakla
  
  Flights with multiple frequencies are most likely to go sakla
  
  The Independent has calculated the most frequently cancelled destinations from London Heathrow over the coming 10 days sakla
  
  The table of grounded outbound and inbound flights sakla between today and 15 July reads:Nice 72Dublin 58Amsterdam 54Edinburgh 52Milan (Linate and Malpensa) 52Geneva 44When will I find out if my flight is axed?You can look now at ba sakla
  
  com/schedules and see if your flight appears sakla
  
  This cannot be regarded as 100 per cent reliable, but if your flight is not shown then at least you can start searching for options sakla
  
  Do not make any changes nor buy alternative flights on other airlines until you have been informed sakla
  
  It is likely that notifications will be sent out in the next few days, though it is also possible that the cancellations will be made in stages to avoid too much pressure on the call centre as cancelled travellers try to sort out their arrangements sakla
  
  If you have booked through a good travel agent, they are likely to handle the re-booking process for you sakla
  
  Surely this is a win-win, designed to avoid last-minute cancellations?No sakla
  
  BA has now taken more than 4 sakla
  
  5 million seats out of the market sakla
  
  Around 18 per cent of the airline’s promised summer schedule has now been cut sakla
  
  British travellers will have far fewer seats to choose from this summer, and fares will be much higher than they would otherwise be sakla
  
  What are my options if my flight is axed?You can claim a full refund (including for a return leg even if that is still going ahead), though for most passengers a flight on the same day is what they will want and need sakla
  
  British Airways says: “We’re in touch to apologise and offer rebooking options for new flights with us or another airline as soon as possible or issue a full refund sakla
  
  ”Under European air passengers’ rights rules, affected travellers can insist on being flown on the same day, even if it means BA has to pay for a seat on a rival airline sakla
  
  If I accept a flight from or to a different airport, will British Airways pay for the extra transportation?In general BA’s policy is to say “no”, but it is not clear whether this is a sustainable legal position sakla
  
  If you intend to try to claim, then keep expenditure as low as possible – taking the train or a bus rather than a taxi sakla
  
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  8 million seats cancelled this summerThese are the baggage allowances for the UK’s top airlinesWhen will I know if my summer flight is going ahead?Will I get compensation?No: British Airways will be providing at least two weeks’ notice of cancellation, and therefore under European air passengers’ rights rules it has no obligation to pay out cash sakla
  
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  One sunny June morning, a tall sturdy young woman was climbing up the path sakla
  
  She had a bundle in one hand and held a little girl about five years old by the other sakla
  
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  The road is steep, but the sun is bright on the jagged mountain peaks rising ahead of me sakla
  
  Mention Heidi to pretty much anyone and they’ll start to babble about Peter and goats, Clara and grandfather and a wheelchair pushed down a mountain sakla
  
  Heidi, surely the happiest child in the world, is plunged into despair when she’s sent away from her beloved grandfather, mountain and goats to be a companion to the sickly Clara in Frankfurt sakla
  
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