Heathrow flight disruption for BA passengers enters third day

British Airways passengers have been left stranded at Heathrow airport for a third day following a crash in the airline’s computer systems.

Passengers faced disruption at both London Heathrow and Gatwick over the bank holiday weekend following the crash, with several flights being cancelled and others being delayed.

BA said on Monday that it would be operating a full schedule at Gatwick, as well as its long-haul flight programme, but several short-haul flights would still be cancelled.

A statement from the airline apologised for the disruption, and added that it expects to be running at full capacity soon.

The statement read: "We operated a full schedule at Gatwick on Sunday. At Heathrow, we operated virtually all our scheduled long-haul flights, though the knock-on effects of Saturday’s disruption resulted in a reduced short-haul programme.

"As our IT systems move closer to full operational capacity, we will again run a full schedule at Gatwick on Monday and intend to operate a full long-haul schedule and a high proportion of our short-haul programme at Heathrow."

Frustrated passengers criticised BA, which is part of parent company International Airlines Group, via Twitter on Monday.