Pilots for the major carrier began their 48 strike on Monday - grounding most fleets and causing chaos for jetsetters.

Almost 195,000 passengers had their travel plans plunged into chaos after pilots went on a two-day strike. But the disruption is set to continue after the strike ended at midnight.

The airline, which operates 850 flights a day, said that it is planning on operating more than 90 per cent of its services, but warned it will take 'some time' to return to a 'completely normal flight schedule.'

Analysts calculated BA's group operates 77 monopoly routes out of Heathrow and return flight to Osaka costs £838 but would cost £80 if there was competition, analysts claimed.

Tens of thousands of passengers are expected to be affected by the disruption on September 27. The 24-hour walkout follows a two-day strike this week when 1,700 flights were cancelled.

By the time the British Airline Pilots' Association had scrapped its strike yesterday, the airline had already called off 800 journeys and reassigned customers to different flights.

Journalists were meant to depart Heathrow for Cape Town on Friday evening - two days before Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and their son Archie are expected to jet off on their commercial plane.

Fans have gone wild over a rare sighting of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's mystery nanny during their tour of Africa.

Valdenize Barford, 31, tried to board a BA flight from Rhodes to London with her husband and their 17-month-old son but cabin crew suspected that the bites on the boy's face were signs of chicken pox.

The Duchess of Sussex was seen cradling four-month old Archie at Cape Town International Airport in South Africa today as they made their way to a scheduled British Airways flight to Johannesburg.

Furious passengers took to social media on Thursday night to tear into BA for an apparent lack of information when they landed hundreds of miles from the south of Spain.

British Airways has started flights to Bergamo, some 30 miles north-east of Milan. Anwer Bati visited the lesser-known city and found it to be one of the most beautiful in Italy.

A man, 80, has died on-board a British Airways Boeing 777 flight travelling from London Heathrow to Bangkok. The passenger reportedly died from a heart attack, an hour before landing.

Victoria Parker, 41, and Paul Dempsey, 44, of Peterborough, had been on a romantic getaway to Greece last month when they were escorted off their British Airways plane.

Sancher Harpe, 44, from Russell Island, Queensland, Australia, flew with British Airways to Newcastle from Sydney. Sancher flew home to be with her family for her stepmother's funeral.

Thousands of British Airways passengers across the US and around the world have been affected by canceled flights and delays of up to 23 hours after a 'technical issue'.

Thousands of British Airways passengers have been stranded after the airline's flight planning computers crashed with some passengers returning to the UK 24 hours late.

Thousands of British Airways passengers are stranded after the airline's flight plan management computer crashed, with flights from the US to Gatwick and Heathrow worst affected.

Kate Haussauer, 34, is due to travel with her baby son and husband from Heathrow Airport to Toronto on Saturday. She was told that the planes would not have safe baskets for babies.

Boozy Emma Langford boasted that air crew couldn't afford the £4,000 she'd paid for her seat before launching the horrific attack on from London Heathrow to Cape Town last year.

The new food has a focus on provenance and BA says the provider, Newrest, has been 'working closely with suppliers in the south of England to source the best quality ingredients'.

Craig Wylie, 28, pleaded guilty to two charges of assault by beating of two girls, aged 17 and 16, on a British Airways flight from Ghana to London Heathrow but was spared jail.

Dominic Fell, 23, Joe Finnis, 25, and Rachel Clark, 20, were killed when the car they were travelling in collided with a HGV at a junction in Stanwell, Surrey, at 11.39pm on New Year's Eve.

To their new Canadian neighbours, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex seemed 'just like regular guys'. They were friendly, and, said one, 'went to the Fickle Fig farm shop just like everyone else'.

The Embraer E190LR was en-route between Dublin and London City when it turned off course while passing Wrexham. The aircraft was due to depart Dublin at 7.15pm but left the Irish capital at 7.40pm.

Qantas will NOT ban flights to China amid coronavirus outbreak

All flights to Beijing and Shanghai have been cancelled today and tomorrow. Flights after this are being reviewed. Bookings have been suspended until March.

The doors were kept sealed when the overnight flight landed at Heathrow from Hong Kong at 5am this morning. Crew were overheard saying: 'Oh sh**, two passengers have got coronavirus.'

British Airways flight attendant Lily Richardson, 20, from Ditton, Kent, splashed out on the black mesh bardot dress from the retail giant for a night out with friends on Friday.

British Airways said the fog shrouding West London meant air traffic control had imposed a reduction in the number of flights that could take off and land at Heathrow.

The Boeing 747 hurtled across the Atlantic before touching down in Heathrow after just four hours and 56 minutes in the air. Its time exceeds the 2018 record of five hours and 13 minutes.

Daniel Ksiazek, 39, yelled 'c***' and 'f***ing a**hole' at British Airways cabin staff on the Heathrow-bound plane from Singapore on October 12 last year.

British Airways flight 2167 from Gatwick to Tampa, Florida, on Saturday February 5 when the captain took a decision to divert it to Bermuda when passengers in business said a phone was smoking

A passenger due to fly from London Heathrow to Milan today refused to board a British Airways flight at the last minute, amid fears they would contract the deadly coronavirus.

The reality stars, aged 29 and 30, spoke exclusively to MailOnline ahead of the new series of her hit ITVBe show Sam and Billie Faiers: The Mummy Diaries, which hits screens on Wednesday.

Holidaymakers have been left in a panic over the spread of the virus and British Airways are now offering a change of date to passengers heading to northern Italy in the next week.

The holiday plans of millions of Britons could be at risk after the number of coronavirus cases around the world overtook China for the first time.

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Gilbert Ott, who runs the flight tips site God Save The Points, said that the global crisis means that 'up to 50 to 60 seats on every flight that would usually be filled are currently going empty'.

Thousands of Britons are now believed to be stuck in Italy, including Leah Washington, pictured in Rome, the woman who lost her leg in the 2015 Alton Towers Smiler rollercoaster disaster.

Main nightclub streets in Leeds and Birmingham were deserted last night as most revellers chose to stay home in a bid to avoid catching the Covid-19 coronavirus.

BA has warned it will make job cuts in the 'short term, perhaps long term' as airline companies ground flights following a drop in demand, Virgin Atlantic, said it would ground 75% of its fleet by March.

The actor is said to have become enraged with his partner Ashley Moore, 33, after the pair downed free alcohol on a nine-hour flight from Vancouver to Heathrow over the weekend.

The UK's biggest frequent flyer website, Head for Points, alleges that customers trying to cancel bookings made with Avios have not been given an online option to claim a refund.

The UK Government is drawing up plans to buy shares in British Airways and other airlines hit by the Pandemic Crisis to keep them afloat, insiders confirmed (pictured, Grant Shapps).

Passengers from Italy, China and Iran have arrived a Gatwick and Heathrow this week, even as the UK went in to lockdown. Planes from Rome, Beijing and Shanghai have landed.

Frontline healthcare worker Cheryl Baxter, who is stuck in Cambodia, issued a heartbreaking video message today saying she was 'near meltdown' and begged the Prime Minister for help.

The incident will be shown on Wednesday's episode of the family's hit ITVBe show, which sees the sisters confess to being 'a bit merry' during the transatlantic flight to NYC.

The airline, which jets to Europe, America and the Caribbean from Gatwick, has already mothballed many planes across its UK bases - but is still running from London Heathrow with a reduced schedule.

Billie Faiers was playfully told off by her husband Greg Shepherd during the latest episode of Mummy Diaries, which showed their reaction to the incident.