According to the website of the Airport Authority, British Airways has cancelled 10 flights between Hong Kong and London Heathrow Airport from today (28th) to Tuesday (30th).
According to reports, as the crew members of the same flight involved in the confirmed case were required to be quarantined, British Airways decided to suspend flights to Hong Kong after reviewing the operational requirements of the relevant routes.
A British Airways spokesperson replied to "Hong Kong 01" confirming that it would suspend flights to Hong Kong until Tuesday, describing it as a difficult decision made after reviewing the operating requirements of the relevant routes and apologizing to the affected passengers. British Airways will contact them to provide other options.
British Airways reiterated that it will support the crew members who are under quarantine in Hong Kong and comply with the epidemic prevention requirements of different places.
According to the Centre for Health Protection, British Airways flight BA 027 arrived in Hong Kong on November 20th and November 27th. When one crew member arrives in Hong Kong, a "test pending" test was performed at the temporary sample collection center at Hong Kong International Airport. The result was positive. After confirmation, it was a confirmed case outside of the country. Other crew members on the same plane were classified as close contacts and must be sent to a quarantine center for quarantine.
British Airways has cancelled 10 flights between Hong Kong and London Heathrow Airport from today (28th) to Tuesday (30th).
(Airport Authority website)
British Airways has cancelled 10 flights between Hong Kong and London Heathrow Airport from today (28th) to Tuesday (30th).
(Airport Authority website)
According to the AA website, after the BA 028 flight BA 028 from Hong Kong to London Heathrow departed early this morning, the flight of the same number originally scheduled to depart at 11:45 tonight has been cancelled, except for tomorrow (29th) and the day after In addition to the cancellation of the BA 028 flight (30th), the BA 3591 that was originally scheduled to depart in the afternoon was also cancelled.
In terms of arrival flights, five British Airways flights from London Heathrow to Hong Kong have been cancelled today to the following day, including the BA 3590 and BA 027 flights that arrived in Hong Kong at 12:40 and 2:20 this afternoon.
Foreign media reported that because a crew member was diagnosed after arriving in Hong Kong earlier, a group of British Airways crew members were sent to the Penny's Bay Quarantine Center for quarantine. There was another group of British Airways pilots yesterday (27th). And the crew members were sent to Penny's Bay for quarantine, British Airways decided to temporarily cancel flights to Hong Kong in the next few days to reduce the risk of more crew members being subject to compulsory quarantine.
One more crew member on flight BA 027 from London to Hong Kong was diagnosed with quarantine
According to the Centre for Health Protection, British Airways flight BA 027 arrived in Hong Kong on November 20th and November 27th. When one crew member arrives in Hong Kong, a "test pending" test was performed at the temporary sample collection center at Hong Kong International Airport. The result was positive. After confirmation, it was a confirmed case outside of the country. Other crew members on the same plane were classified as close contacts and must be sent to a quarantine center for quarantine.
British Airways apologizes to affected passengers: difficult decision after review of operational requirements
A British Airways spokesperson replied to "Hong Kong 01" confirming that it will suspend flights to Hong Kong until Tuesday, describing it as a difficult decision made after reviewing the operating requirements of the relevant routes and apologizing to the affected passengers. British Airways will contact them to provide other options.
British Airways reiterated that it will support the crew members who are under quarantine in Hong Kong and comply with the epidemic prevention requirements of different places.
In response to the rebound of the British epidemic, the Hong Kong government announced on June 28 this year that it would raise the risk of the British epidemic to the highest A1 level from July 1 and also activate the circuit breaker mechanism to prohibit all local civil aviation passenger planes from coming to Hong Kong.
British Airways issued a statement at the time saying that it was disappointed with the decision of the Hong Kong government. Due to the temporary suspension of the route from London to Hong Kong, it would provide passengers with a full refund, rebook, or exchange coupons, and apologize to the affected passengers.
As of August 16, British Airways resumed passenger service from London Heathrow Airport to Hong Kong.
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