delayed flight - will my next flight be replaced?

[agnes]

Ok, so I am flying into mumbai at some point, was supposed to leave at 2125 however we are still sat here at heathrow.

I would have arrived in mumbai for 1130. Only to get a flight at 1500 to goa.

Now, assuming and knowing I won't make that second flight, what will the airline do?

Will they say tough luck, buy your self another flight or walk. Or will they allow for my self and others to be placed on a later flight?

Thanks

 

[MuvverRussia]

Are both flights on the same itinerary? If so, then yeah, you should get another flight OK.

 

[Cleeecooo]

Only if it's been done on the same booking. Ptherwise tough luck I'm afraid.

EDIT: or same airline.

 

[agnes]

Its BA to mumbai then Kingfisher from Mumbai to Goa.

Both under the same booking with reference 2OUPBX

 

[ShadowMan]

Contact your travel agent or whoever you booked though. If you booked through a single itinerary then you should be covered.

 

[MuvverRussia]

I'd ask someone at BA, but if they're the same booking then you should be good to go.

 

[Cleeecooo]

Its BA to mumbai then Kingfisher from Mumbai to Goa.

Both under the same booking with reference 2OUPBX

Kingfisher have plenty of flights to goa daily and as it under the same booking, you'll need to contact whoever you booked it through and they'll sort it.

 

[agnes]

Well, I am still sat on this plane, stationary, since 9pm and it's now cancelled. A light flurry of snow and the country shuts down. Pathetic.

 

[Rroff]

ooof

 

[Em3bbs]

Well, I am still sat on this plane, stationary, since 9pm and it's now cancelled. A light flurry of snow and the country shuts down. Pathetic.

Weird, you must be in a different Heathrow as I live near the one near London and have about 5 inches of snow which settled in a couple of hours and was not a light flurry.

 

[agnes]

Finally home. Flights re-scheduled for tomorrow. Same time. Doubt they will run!

As you said Em3, got outside of the airport! Its fairly deep! Maidenhead has a lovely coating of the crap.

 

[Nikumba]

Well, I am still sat on this plane, stationary, since 9pm and it's now cancelled. A light flurry of snow and the country shuts down. Pathetic.

It might not be the snow, not sure when were told the flight was canceeled but you posted at got 1am, but Heathrow is not allowed to conduct flight operations between Midnight and 5 or 6am I believe

Kimbie

 

[Lopéz]

Well, I am still sat on this plane, stationary, since 9pm and it's now cancelled. A light flurry of snow and the country shuts down. Pathetic.

It's been snowing for hours, all night in some places. What do you expect?

 

[therealnerd2]

Heathrow hasn't shut down. They must reduce the frequency of landings and takeoffs in poor weather conditions, which means a certain % of flights have to be cancelled.

 

[panthro]

Gutted. Hope it melts by the time I come back.
Its chucking it down with snow in Kazakhstan and -20, but everything is operational. The UK really needs to sort out their cold weather management.

 

[therealnerd2]

Gutted. Hope it melts by the time I come back.
Its chucking it down with snow in Kazakhstan and -20, but everything is operational. The UK really needs to sort out their cold weather management.

Heathrow is one of the busiest airports in the world. In normal weather conditions it runs two runways at 100% capacity. No airport in the world can keep flying planes at the same frequency in snow conditions - braking distances get longer, acceleration gets slower. Therefore some flights get cancelled.

 

[Dunks]

Gutted. Hope it melts by the time I come back.
Its chucking it down with snow in Kazakhstan and -20, but everything is operational. The UK really needs to sort out their cold weather management.

Kazakhstan's largest airport handles around 3.5 million passengers a year, Heathrow manages 68 million, slight difference in scale and operation

 

[Lopéz]

Gutted. Hope it melts by the time I come back.
Its chucking it down with snow in Kazakhstan and -20, but everything is operational. The UK really needs to sort out their cold weather management.

That's because Kazakhstan has winter average temperatures of -20. We don't. This means we don't have the equipment to deal with major snowfall. Be realistic.

 

[[TW]Fox]

Kazakhstan's largest airport handles around 3.5 million passengers a year, Heathrow manages 68 million, slight difference in scale and operation

Not only does it handle 20 times less passengers a year, it does so with the same number of runaways as Heathrow!

The real reason Heathrow shuts down at the slightest issue is because eco-mentalists continually thwart plans to increase capacity with a third runway. All other airports as busy as Heathrow, and many which are far less busy, have more runways.

 

[Dunks]

Exactly, the margin of error running at that capacity on only two runways must be insane to ensure a smooth operation.