Thick fog is expected to disrupt hundreds of flights home on the busiest travelling day of the Christmas holidays.
Thousands of passengers arriving at London Gatwick airport overnight endured long delays. Among the longest: an easyJet flight from Enfidha in Tunisia due at 11.10pm, which was over four hours late.
Heathrow, Stansted and Luton Airports said flights had not been affected by the weather as of Sunday morning.
Nats, the UK’s main air traffic control provider, said temporary air restrictions will continue on Sunday as airfields are affected by fog.
A Nats spokesman said: “While the weather conditions have improved, fog continues to affect some airports in London today.”
Sunday is expected to be Gatwick’s busiest day during the holiday period, with 769 flights planned.
After thick fog caused major disruption at airports across the UK over Friday and Saturday, with much of that clearing today, the Met Office has issued warnings effective from tomorrow.
The Met Office has issued the warnings for Monday and Tuesday – with up to 140mm of rain, 20cm of snow and 60mph winds possible in the worst-affected areas during the run-up to New Year’s Eve.
In pictured: Cars driving in foggy conditions on the M20 near Folkestone in Kent
Barney Davis29 December 2024 13:15
Airport train cancellations add to passengers’ woes
Staff shortage on the railways means thousands of airline passengers will find they cannot easily get to or from the airport.
CrossCountry has cancelled a number of trains serving Birmingham airport, blaming a shortage of drivers and train managers.
The rail firm says: “Services will be extremely busy and may be subject to last-minute changes and cancellations. Essential travel only between Bournemouth, Reading and Birmingham.”
This is the line that includes Birmingham International, the station serving the West Midlands airport.
Manchester airport’s railway station is seeing the usual Sunday cancellations of trains by Northern due to a shortage of train conductors. The Manchester airport-Wilmslow link is one of nine routes that have been closed to trains for the day.
Northern says: “Recently, we have seen higher…
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