British Airways says IT systems running again after weekend outage

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[May 30, 2017]  LONDON (Reuters) - British Airways said it expected to deliver a full schedule of flights from London's Heathrow and Gatwick airports on Tuesday after its computer network recovered from an outage which left 75,000 passengers stranded over the weekend.

A man arrives at the British Airways check-in desk at Gatwick Airport in southern England, Britain, May 28, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

"Our IT systems are back up and running and our operation continues to run as planned today with a full flight schedule at Heathrow and Gatwick," British Airways, which is owned by IAG, said in a statement.

(This story corrects day in first paragraph to Tuesday, not Monday)

(Reporting by Alistair Smout; Editing by Kate Holton and David Goodman)

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