BREAKING NEWS!!!
British Airways says they expecting significant disruption to flights arriving and departing from UK airports throughout the day due to Storm Eunice, and have pro-actively cancelled a number of short-haul flights. Delays and short-notice cancellations are likely.
Hundreds of flights have been cancelled following Storm Eunice weather warnings issued by the Met Office – with diversions now under way.
British Airways alone has cancelled at least 80 flights to and from London airports: 44 serving Heathrow, 36 at London City.
All the cancellations so far are domestic and European. Several other airlines have cancelled some flights in and out of Heathrow, including Aer Lingus from Cork and Dublin, Swiss from Zurich, Lufthansa from Frankfurt and KLM from Amsterdam.
BA City Flyer have suspended operations until such a time this afternoon when conditions are expected to ease.
The arrival flow rate at London Heathrow will be reduced to 10 arrivals per hour between 10:30-12:00 due to the gale force winds, so we’re expecting this to be our busiest disruption peak.
We have placed additional resource into our airport and contact centre teams to assist customers
British Airways isn’t the only airline to be cancelling flights as a result of Storm Eunice’s disruption.
Loganair has also cancelled over 30 domestic flights including routes from Manchester, Aberdeen, Liverpool and the Isle of Man.
TUI issued a statement last night which read: “We are aware of Storm Eunice that is due to hit the UK tomorrow 18 February 2022. We’re closely monitoring the situation and would advise customers to allow extra journey time to the airport in case of any disruption to roads and rail networks. Customers can check their flight status from the TUI website or the home page of their departure airport.”
Meanwhile a number of flights from Birmingham Airport have been cancelled to destinations including Dublin, Paris, Amsterdam, Munich and Frankfurt.
The airline issued a statement on its website in which it said it would contact all affected customers and published a full list of its flight cancellations, adding that if passengers’ flights are not on the list, they are planned to operate as normal, although it warned passengers to continue to check their flight status before travelling to the airport.
Other airlines including TUI and Jet2 have also been warning passengers that there could be disruptions to their flight schedules.
Customers are advised to check ba.com for their flight status before they venture to the airport
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