London: Passenger face delays due to protest at City and technical glitch at BA
London, (Pakistan Point News – 6th September, 2016) : Passengers traveling through 3 major London airports faced flight delay problem on Tuesday due to a protest at City airport and a technological glitch at British Airways that affected check-in times.
According to International media, protesters swam across a dock and occupied the runway at London City Airport.
According to media reports, the activists were from the Plane Stupid movement, campaigning against expansion in the aviation industry.
The airport management posted a message on Twitter that all flights were facing disruption. Police are currently on the scene. British Airways said it was checking in customers as normal at Heathrow and Gatwick, London’s two biggest airports, but it was taking longer than normal and encouraged people to check-in online before they reached the airport.