Heathrow Airport Snow

A fresh bout of snow on Saturday forced the cancellation of more than 100 flights in and out of London's Heathrow Airport, with a bad forecast threatening further disruption.

Over 80 flights have been cancelled in pre-emptive action as heavy snow began falling amid warnings of blizzard conditions sweeping across the UK today.

London's Heathrow Airport said it will cancel 80 flights out of the 1,350 scheduled on Thursday as it prepares for forecasts for snow later in the day.

Hundreds of flights were cancelled in Britain, France and Germany on Monday as snow and ice blanketed Western Europe.

London's Heathrow airport cancelled 10 per cent of flights on Monday because of snow, about half the number cut on Sunday, and said there could be further disruption with more snowfall expected.

London's Heathrow airport canceled 260 flights - about 20 percent of its usual schedule - on Sunday because of snow and low visibility, causing a third day of misery for travelers.

Britain was bracing itself for another weekend full of snow disruptions on Tuesday after forecasters warned of a further wintry blast bringing fresh snowfalls. While temperatures on Tuesday night were due to plummet to as low as -13 degrees Celsius at some places, the Siberian icy chill was far from over with the big freeze due to last well into th...

Europe is experiencing its heaviest snowfall in decades. Extreme icy conditions have paralysed life in several countries. The number of dead has now crossed 300 and eastern Europe is the worst hit. In Ukraine, more than 150 are dead while emergency services in Bosnia are evacuating hundreds of people trapped in their cars. Heavy snow in Britain for...

Britain plans to arm itself with powers to impose heavy fines on airports for disruption of passengers' travel in the wake of Heathrow closing its runways last week during the pre-Christmas snow chaos, a top aviation official said.A new airport economic regulation bill would provide extra powers to impose fines for a wide range of service failures....

Huddled together Thursday morning with hundreds of displaced passengers in a large semiheated tent outside Terminal 1 at Heathrow Airport, Dennis and Bonnie Barlow of Virginia were reviewing the high points of their vacation so far. First, they cruised the Mediterranean on the Brilliance of the Seas, the ship, now notorious, whose battle with hurri...

Freezing conditions and heavy snow paralysed air-services across Europe, leaving thousands of travellers stranded during the busy Christmas season.Passengers hoping for a Christmas getaway have found themselves stranded at airports, with hundreds of people camping out in terminals for another night after planes were grounded. All domestic and short...

A fresh bout of snow on Saturday forced the cancellation of more than 100 flights in and out of London's Heathrow Airport, with a bad forecast threatening further disruption.

Over 80 flights have been cancelled in pre-emptive action as heavy snow began falling amid warnings of blizzard conditions sweeping across the UK today.

London's Heathrow Airport said it will cancel 80 flights out of the 1,350 scheduled on Thursday as it prepares for forecasts for snow later in the day.

Hundreds of flights were cancelled in Britain, France and Germany on Monday as snow and ice blanketed Western Europe.

London's Heathrow airport cancelled 10 per cent of flights on Monday because of snow, about half the number cut on Sunday, and said there could be further disruption with more snowfall expected.

London's Heathrow airport canceled 260 flights - about 20 percent of its usual schedule - on Sunday because of snow and low visibility, causing a third day of misery for travelers.

Britain was bracing itself for another weekend full of snow disruptions on Tuesday after forecasters warned of a further wintry blast bringing fresh snowfalls. While temperatures on Tuesday night were due to plummet to as low as -13 degrees Celsius at some places, the Siberian icy chill was far from over with the big freeze due to last well into th...

Europe is experiencing its heaviest snowfall in decades. Extreme icy conditions have paralysed life in several countries. The number of dead has now crossed 300 and eastern Europe is the worst hit. In Ukraine, more than 150 are dead while emergency services in Bosnia are evacuating hundreds of people trapped in their cars. Heavy snow in Britain for...

Britain plans to arm itself with powers to impose heavy fines on airports for disruption of passengers' travel in the wake of Heathrow closing its runways last week during the pre-Christmas snow chaos, a top aviation official said.A new airport economic regulation bill would provide extra powers to impose fines for a wide range of service failures....

Huddled together Thursday morning with hundreds of displaced passengers in a large semiheated tent outside Terminal 1 at Heathrow Airport, Dennis and Bonnie Barlow of Virginia were reviewing the high points of their vacation so far. First, they cruised the Mediterranean on the Brilliance of the Seas, the ship, now notorious, whose battle with hurri...

Freezing conditions and heavy snow paralysed air-services across Europe, leaving thousands of travellers stranded during the busy Christmas season.Passengers hoping for a Christmas getaway have found themselves stranded at airports, with hundreds of people camping out in terminals for another night after planes were grounded. All domestic and short...