British Airways released a statement on Wednesday updating customers on its operations amid the 5G disruption to airline traffic.

“Safety is always our priority and although we had to cancel a handful of services, we’ve done everything we can to minimise inconvenience for our customers. We’ve changed the aircraft operating some of our flights and rebooked those on cancelled services onto alternatives,” the statement said. “We’re disappointed that, like other airlines, some of our customers’ travel plans have been disrupted.”

All Nippon Airways out of Japan also issued a statement Wednesday saying it would resume flights on Thursday.

“As the launch of the 5G service in the U.S. has now been partially postponed, operation of flights from 1/20 will follow the normal schedule based on FAA notification that there is no safety issue with the operation of Boeing 777 aircraft to the U.S. airports that we serve,” the company said in the statement.

Numerous airlines, Japan Airlines and Emirates, have cancelled flights into the US amid the troubled rollout. Japan Airlines later reversed its position and said it would resume flights to the US beginning Thursday.

Bloomberg reports that the FAA issued waivers for Boeing 777s to fly during the 5G rollout on Wednesday. The company warned that the planes should not land at airports where 5G was present as it could affect their altimeters.

The Boeing 777’s altimeter uses frequencies just above the frequency that Verizon and AT&T are using for their 5G wireless services. Aviation experts fear that the broadband frequencies may be too close to those used by the 777s and could cause malfunctions to the airplanes’ equipment.

Bloomberg noted that its information came from sources that were prohibited from speaking on the subject.

Despite the widespread critcism from the airline industry toward the US’s planned 5G rollout on Wednesday, fewer than 300 flights appear to have been cancelled as a result. As President Joe Biden noted in a statement earlier today, 90 per cent of cell towers scheduled to utilise 5G were activated today. The only towers that were not activated were those within 50 miles of an airport.

FlightAware is a company that tracks flight delays and cancellations. As of 1 pm, 2,398 flights have been cancelled today, and 3,488 were delayed.

Based on those numbers it is difficult to tell exactly how many were caused by the 5G rollout, but cancellation and delay data from other days suggests these numbers are not unusual.

Yesterday, 2,688 flights were cancelled, and 6,363 were delayed.

United Airlines issued a statement just before noon on Wednesday praising the Biden administration for reaching a compromise with Verizon and AT&T that temporarily halted the rollout of 5G at cell towers near airports.

“While we anticipate minor disruptions at some airports due to the remaining 5G restrictions, we’re pleased the Biden Administration reached a compromise with AT&T and Verizon to avoid mass cancellations across the aviation industry,” the statement said.

“We look forward to a higher level of coordination between the regulators, telecom companies and the aviation industry to ensure that customers are not faced with disruptions going forward.

Japan Airlines issued a press release Wednesday morning informing customers it would resume flights to the US on Thursday.

“Today on January 19, we have received confirmation from the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) that there is no longer a problem with the operation of the Boeing 777 and we will resume service to the U.S. mainland with Boeing 777 from January 20,” the company said in the statement.

The airline cancelled flights on Wednesday in response to the wireless carriers’ 5G rollout.

The Independent’s David Taintor has collected a list of hub airports that have been affected by the 5G rollout.

Those airports include Boston Logan International, Chicago’s O’Hare, and the Dallas Fort Worth International airport.

For a full list of US hub airports currently experiencing delays caused by the rollout, as well as a look into which international carriers are cancelling flights, check out the story here.

Sir Tim Clark, the president of Dubai-based airline Emirates, blasted the US government and US wireless providers during an appearance on CNN Wednesday.

Mr Clark said he was not made aware of the details of the US 5G rollout until Tuesday morning. Emirates primarily operates using Boeing 777s, which are especially susceptible to the kind of instrument malfunction airline safety experts warn could be caused by 5G.

“I need to be as candid as I normally am, and say this is one of the most delinquent, utterly irresponsible issue subjects, call it what you like, I’ve seen in my aviation career because it involves organs of government, manufacturers, science, etc. And you know, the notion that, for instance, the United States government should sell its franchise for all the frequencies for a large amount of money,” he told CNN’s Richard Quest. “Somebody should have told them at the time – that the risks and the dangers they placed in certain frequency uses around field, airfields, metropolitan fields that should have been done at the time.”

The Air Line Pilots Association, which represents more than 61,000 pilots at 38 US and Canadian airlines, put out a statement last night on Twitter regarding the 5G implementation delay.

“Today we issued the following statement on the recent #5G implementation delay,” they captioned the Tweet.

The association went on to say that the delay in rollout acknowledges the seriousness of aviation safety and operational risks.

But airline passengers and shippers “deserve a commitment from the telecom companies not to launch the new 5G service at any of the airport locations identified by the FAA as being susceptible to 5G interference” until a permanent fix is found, the statement concluded.

United Airlines have advised disgruntled customers to contact the FCC amid ongoing 5G-related delays.

The company issued the message to customers whose flights had been delayed by several hours on Tuesday evening as a result of the rollout of a new 5G system across the US.

“New: @United tells customers to contact @FCC over delayed flight,” journalist David Shepardson shared on Twitter, with a screenshot of the United message attached.

The airline’s message reads: “Your flight is delayed due to potential interference caused by the implementation of a new 5G signal by telecommunications systems near Denver International Airport and its possible impact on aircraft equipment.

“If you have any concerns, please address them with the Federal Communications Commission here.”

The delay in the rollout of 5G is only the latest of several factors making companies cautious on deploying the next-generation wireless service in their operations, analysts and industry executives say.

But even beyond the two-week delay, there is no dearth of reasons that companies are being careful on 5G. The cost and complexity of bringing out new infrastructure are holding back some, as well as the less-than-ringing demand, analysts say.

“There is a lengthy time frame between making the described airwaves available at auction, conducting the auctions, then actually deploying the infrastructure to support these airwaves,” Bill Menezes, a director at Gartner Inc, told the WSJ.

“What’s more, apps that might generate demand and drive 5G adoption are still in relatively early stages of development.”