Nevertheless, images on social media showed crowds gathered around BA counters from airports across Mexico City, San Francisco, Atlanta and Seattle.
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The airline responded to angry customers online, apologizing to customers and saying that “we appreciate their patience as our IT teams work to resolve this issue”.
According to tracking service Flightaware, 157 BA flights were delayed, or 17 per cent of its total flights, and five were cancelled as of midday in London.
Delays were experienced at the check-in, baggage drop, and departure areas.
Passengers variously reported check-in problems in Chicago and Seattle, as well as at a number of other worldwide airports. However, we can not see how this helps because people still need to line-up at security, and British Airways’s system does not seem to show they have checked in.
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A spokesperson told the UK’s Press Association that passengers are being checked in at London’s Heathrow and Gatwick airports, but that the process was “a bit slower than usual”.
Thousands of British Airways customers have been left queuing for hours at check-in desks due to a technical glitch.
As of 3:20pm UAE time the airport’s website said that it was preparing to “resume operations as soon as possible”.
Some people shared images of hand-written boarding cards that BA staff had given them.
The DAA has advised passengers to check latest flight information with their airline before travelling to Dublin Airport.
‘In the meantime our outstations are doing all they can to support our passengers locally, and check-in has been enabled at some airports’.
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Dana, alongside another Twitter user Susan Stewart, said the delays continued once on the plane.
