British Airways has claimed it was able to fix an IT meltdown more quickly because of a £750m investment under Sean Doyle, its chief executive.

British Airways passengers are stranded on the tarmac in multiple airports in the UK and internationally after a "technical issue" disrupted operations.The problems started at around 17:00 on Monday,

British Airways flights faced delays due to a technical issue affecting some of the airline's systems on Monday, which local media said had affected thousands of passengers at London's Heathrow Airport.

British Airways passengers suffered delays following a systems outage at the airline’s main operations center in Heathrow that prevented communication with aircraft across the region.

British Airways flights have been grounded in an IT outage, according to reports. Passengers said on X that they were held on planes unable to depart and others said they faced problems with the airline’s website. It is understood that there is a technical issue affecting Heathrow Airport.

British Airways was hit with a technical failure for a few hours on Monday that appeared to have caused some delays and disruption to its flights across Europe.

Thousands of the airline’s passengers were delayed from around 5pm on Monday when a failure affected flight punctuality.

British Airways was affected by an IT outage last night, stranding passengers and prompting huge queues on the tarmac at multiple airports. Phone lines for the airline giant were reportedly having issues,