Dozens of British Airways flights cancelled and delayed at Heathrow

British Airways has cancelled and delayed flights at Heathrow Airport as Storm Lilian has landed with strong wind gusts.

Make your coffee extra strong if you’re scheduled to fly with BA today after a string of cancellations.

Follow our live coverage of Storm Lilian here

The airline has axed a number of international holiday and domestic flights at the London transport hub ahead of the long bank holiday weekend along with some other carriers.

List of destinations include holiday hotspots like Barcelona and Rome.

British Airways cancelled eight flights while another five appeared as delayed on the airport departure board and on the BA website.

It comes as the Met Office issued yellow weather warnings of strong winds and rain in parts of the country due to Storm Lilian.

Here is a list of all the cancelled flights from Heathrow today.

British Airways BA BA472 at 6.15 am to Barcelona

British Airways BA1430 at 6.15am to Edinburgh

British Airways BA552 at 6.50am to Rome

British Airways BA304 at 7.10am to Paris

British Airways BA1472 at 7.10am to Glasgow

British Airways BA1304 at 7.30am to Aberdeen

British Airways BA752 at 8.15am to Basel

British Airways BA1370 at 8.45am to Manchester

American Airlines AA173 at 9.30am to Raleigh

British Airways BA285 at 10.10am to San Fransisco

British Airways BA560 at 11.45am to Rome

British Airways BA1412 at 12.10pm to Belfast

And here are the delayed flights.

British Airways BA494 at 1.35pm to Palma

British Airways BA127 at 2.05pm to Doha

British Airways BA171 at 5.05 to Pittsburgh

British Airways BA099 at 5.05pm to Toronto

British Airways BA958 at 8.20pm to Munich

British Airways BA574 at 10.25am to Milan

Swiss International Airlines LX317 at 8.40 to Zurich

Swiss International Airlines LX353 at 8.55am to Geneva

British Airways BA484 at 9am to Newcastle Upon Tyne

British Airways BA572 at 9.05am to Milan

American Airlines AA731 at 9.15am to Charlotte

British Airways BA712 at 9.20am to Zurich

British Airways BA728 at 9.35am to Geneva

British Airways BA1420 at 9.40am to Belfast

British Airways BA496 at 9.50am to Palma

British Airways BA384 at 10.05am to Cairo

A British Airways spokesperson told Metro.co.uk: ‘Due to restrictions imposed by Air Traffic Control at Heathrow Airport as a result of forecast adverse weather tomorrow, we’ve made some minor adjustments to our schedule.

‘We’ve apologised to our customers for the disruption to their travel plans and our teams are working to get them to their destinations as quickly as possible.’

Friday’s cancellations come after BA was found to have a cancellation rate of just 3.2% in a global ranking of airlines – compared to the 10.4% of Eastern Airlines on top of the list.

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