British Airways Cancels Flights for Rolls-Royce Parts Delays

British Airways cancels hundreds of long-haul flights that were scheduled to take off over the coming months as the delivery of engines from Rolls-Royce has been delayed.

The UK-based carrier will also postpone its plans to restart the London Heathrow-Kuala Lumpur route, from 12 November to April 2025. The supply chain issues with Rolls-Royce will Specifically affect the airline’s fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliners.

the airline is reducing the number of daily flights from Heathrow to Doha over the winter season from 2 to 1, this will be implemented at the end of this month. The airline’s route between London Gatwick and New York’s JFK airport will also be suspended from 12 December till the end of March 2025.

A spokesperson for the airline expressed in a statement, “We are disappointed that we’ve had to make further changes to our schedule as we continue to experience delays to the delivery of engines and parts from Rolls-Royce – particularly in relation to the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines fitted to our 787 aircraft.”

“We’ve taken this action because we do not believe the issue will be solved quickly, and we want to offer our customers the certainty they deserve for their travel plans.”

“We’ve apologised to those affected and are able to offer the vast majority a flight the same day with British Airways or one of our partner airlines.

“We continue to work closely with Rolls-Royce to ensure the company is aware of the impact its issues are having on our schedule and customers, and seek reassurance of a prompt and reliable solution,” added the spokesperson.

A Rolls-Royce spokesman said in a statement: “We continue to work with British Airways and all of our customers to minimise the impact of the limited availability of spares due to the current supply chain constraints. Unfortunately, this is an issue affecting the whole aerospace industry.”

British Airways has already announced the suspension of its Heathrow to Beijing flights for this winter from 26 October.

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