British Airways passengers are facing delays after an IT glitch affected check-in desks, BBC announced.
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This prompted rumours of an IT glitch being the culprit for the delays, and BA later confirmed it was the source of the problem to ITV News.
It’s the third such issue to hit BA this year after check-in delays in June following a systems change and further problems in July.
The airline said some flights had been cancelled due to the unspecified technical problems and passengers are being told to check-in online before they travel.
If you are a British Airways passenger, then you are waking up in the knowledge that there are serious flight delays caused by BA check in problems.
Some shared pictures of the handwritten boarding passes they had been given. “Our colleagues are doing everything possible to check in customers for their journeys”.
“It took them all their time to get her a chair and some water – although to be fair they were dealing with irate customers and a computer shutdown. We are sorry for the delays some customers are experiencing as they check-in for their flights”.
Connectivity between SA and London is on the increase – and not only through British Airways.
The DAA has advised passengers to check latest flight information with their airline before travelling to Dublin Airport.
While the glitch in the check-in system affected more than people in the United Kingdom, travelers took to Twitter to complain about long delays in at least San Diego, Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco, Rome, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Vancouver, the Bahamas, D.C., Seattle, Zurich, and Mexico City.
But a spokesman at Newcastle Airport, which offers daily BA services to London, said the situation in the North East was largely problem-free and there had not been any complaints from passengers.
The activists were from the nine-strong Black Lives Matter group who stormed the runway at London City Airport.
The airline said passengers were able to check in at Heathrow and Gatwick Airports “although it is taking longer than usual”.
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Last month, Delta Air Lines canceled over 1,500 flights after equipment failure at its Atlanta facility led to the worldwide shutdown of its computer systems (See: Delta Air still struggles to cope with systems crash on day 2).
