Snow causes flight delays and cancellations
06.04.08
Snow grounded flights at a number of airports today, causing flight cancellations and delays. BA said 114 flights had been cancelled at Heathrow and 32 at Gatwick. easyJet also cancelled 6 inbound and 6 outbound flights this morning at Gatwick. Passengers at Bristol Airport also experienced delays of up to 3 hours.
Caroline Alderson, spokeswoman for Gatwick Airport, said: ‘easyJet offered to put passengers on flights to the same destinations later in the day. The runway was closed this morning for snow clearance but is now back open.’
At Bristol Airport the runways were also closed for an hour during the morning to allow the snow to be cleared. This caused some delays, which had a knock-on effect during the rest of the day - with delays of up to 3 hours. Aircraft also had to be de-iced.
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