The December blizzards cost British Airways millions of pounds, official figures reveal, after the airline lost the equivalent of 12% capacity.
Severe weather conditions hit the UK, Europe and North America, forcing airports to close and grounding aircraft.
A BA spokesman told ABTN that the airline without the impact of the severe weather, the airline would have been “edging on the positive, like we have been on the last few months”.
The airline said the weather disruption will have a financial impact during the third quarter of £50 million, with “some small additional impact” in January due to cancelled return journeys over the Christmas break.
British Airways saw a fall in passenger numbers across its entire network of more than 10% in December 2009, compared to the same month the previous year.
Europe was the worst hit region, showing a fall of 14.2%.
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