Thick fog has led to the cancellation of more than 100 flights at London’s Heathrow and City airports.
At City every flight until noon was cancelled or delayed. Inbound flights were diverted to Stansted which, along with Gatwick, was unaffected. There are also delays and passengers have been advised to check with their airlines. Heathrow Airport said 80 flights had been cancelled, while just one flight had landed at Southampton airport. The cancellations – which included flights to Berlin, Paris, Belfast and Dublin – were mostly to short haul journeys, Heathrow Airport said. Three inbound flights were diverted to Stansted, which is unaffected by the fog. Luton and Gatwick have reported no cancellations and only minor delays. “It’s taking longer to rise than we expected but it is lifting,” a Heathrow spokeswoman said. Planes were grounded at London City Airport where at least 20 departing flights were cancelled and almost 40 arrivals were either cancelled, delayed or diverted. A spokeswoman for the airport said: “It’s ever so thick here. There’s just nothing moving.” Stephen Main, who was due to fly to New York from Glasgow via London Heathrow, said he would now be delayed by almost nine hours. “We had plans for a business meeting in the afternoon but this puts the whole trip back.” A spokeswoman for Southampton Airport said the conditions had improved and one plane had landed but that disruption ongoing. Delays were reported early in the morning on the crossing between Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, Wightlink Ferries said. And operations at Southampton Container Port were suspended due to the fog.- BBC Environment
