Mrs HAC reported the same message from the flight deck on her IOM/LCY trip last week, there have been notable delays on our LCY service for several days. We used to get a direct routing from around Luton saving something like 10 minutes so it may be that Thames Radar are now requiring the full procedural approach?
(More costs for BACF before any possible increase in LCY charges under new ownership - that's worrying)