Flights to and from the UK face continued disruption due to snow – here are the latest cancellations

Freezing climate in northern Europe is inflicting main journey disruption in some nations, together with the UK, the place heavy snow over the weekend led to delays and cancellations at airports and on public transport.

Runways at Manchester Airport have been shut down on Saturday, adopted by closures and flight cancellations at London’s Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports on Sunday evening and into Monday morning.

Disruption has continued into Wednesday, with a minimum of 75 cancelled flights to and from London’s airports affecting greater than 10,000 passengers, in keeping with The Unbiased.

British Airways flights to and from Heathrow have been significantly affected attributable to airport mandated reductions, with a minimum of 14 departing flights cancelled and 11 arrivals cancelled.

Are flights to and from the UK nonetheless affected by snow?

A yellow weather warning, indicating snow, ice and troublesome journey situations, stays in place for southeast England (together with London), elements of Scotland and Northern Eire till Tuesday morning.

Gatwick Airport tweeted that whereas the airport is open and flights are working, freezing climate will trigger delays and cancellations for the remainder of the day.

They advise passengers to test the standing of their flights with their airline earlier than travelling to the airport.

Based on British Airways, Heathrow Airport has mandated a reduction in flights each yesterday (Sunday 11 December) and at this time (Monday 12 December) attributable to climate situations and Air Site visitors Management restrictions.

Because the London airport is the first hub for the UK’s nationwide provider, many BA flights proceed to be disrupted.

“Like all airways working to or from London, our schedule has been affected by persevering with hostile winter climate situations,” the airline states.

Which flights have been cancelled on Monday?

On Monday afternoon (12 December) BA flights to Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Frankfurt, Genoa, Hamburg, Jersey, Madrid, Paris, Rome, Warsaw and Zagreb are amongst these cancelled.

Incoming BA flights from Aberdeen, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Belfast, Dublin, Frankfurt, Geneva, Glasgow, Hamburg, Lisbon, Madrid, Manchester, Milan, Munich, Paris, Vienna, and others have been affected.

BA flights to Arrecife, Malaga, Marrakech, Salzburg, Seville and Tenerife have been cancelled from Gatwick.

To minimise disruption, BA is utilizing bigger plane, the place doable, to allow as many purchasers to journey as doable. They’re additionally providing prospects booked on short-haul flights from London, nonetheless working, the choice to maneuver to a later date inside the subsequent 14 days freed from cost by way of their web site.

Different airways to cancel flights from Gatwick on Monday afternoon embrace easyJet (Arrecife, Gran Canaria, Porto, Tenerife, Valencia) and Wizz Air (Larnaca).

Disruption at Manchester Airport is minimal, with a handful of Ryanair flights cancelled (Brussels, Cork, Lisbon, London Heathrow) and an Aer Lingus flight to Dublin, amongst others.

In an announcement, Ryanair says “Resulting from ongoing snowy climate situations, we’re experiencing a small variety of delays/cancellations to flights to/from some UK airports at this time (12 Dec), together with Manchester.”

Whereas they’re working to minimise disruption, they advise checking the airline’s app or web site for flight standing updates earlier than travelling to the airport.

Into Tuesday (13 December), disruption has largely subsided at Gatwick and Manchester airports. At Heathrow, there are far fewer disruptions with round one BA flight per hour being cancelled. Amongst them are flights to Amsterdam, Barcelona, Boston, Brussels, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Geneva, Glasgow, Lisbon, Lyon, Milan, Miami and Stockholm.

On Wednesday (14 December), there are nonetheless a number of BA cancellations departing from Heathrow, together with to Berlin, Boston, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Lisbon, Lyon, Madrid, Munich, New York, Oslo, Paris, Rome and Stockholm.

Cancelled arrivals embrace BA flights from cancellations departing from Berlin, Dublin, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Paris, Lisbon, Lyon, Madrid, Munich, New York and Rome to Heathrow, in addition to a Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt to Heathrow.