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British Airways suffers flight delays after global IT outage

Reuters - UK Focus

LONDON, May 27 (Reuters) - British Airways flights in Britain were being delayed and passengers were suffering long waits at airports on Saturday (Shenzhen: 002291.SZ - news) because of a global system outage, the airline said.

"We apologise to customers who are facing some delays following an IT outage this morning," a BA spokeswoman said. "We are working to resolve the problem as quickly as possible."

She (Munich: SOQ.MU - news) gave no further details. Passengers on social media reported long delays and flights by the IAG-owned airline being held on runways, at the start of a long holiday weekend in Britain.

"Still on the tarmac at Leeds. #britishairways reckon Heathrow is so backed up we can't set off. No way we'll make our Vegas flight," one passenger David Raine wrote on Twitter (Frankfurt: A1W6XZ - news) . (Reporting by Michael Holden; Editing by Toby Chopra)