Around 100 services from Heathrow have been cancelled today (January 24) with passengers due to travel from Gatwick, Southampton, Stansted and Edinburgh advised to check travel advice for possible delays, BBC News reports.
A similar number of flights out of Heathrow were cancelled yesterday, along with 88 from London City airport, nine from Gatwick and 39 from Southampton due to the inclement weather conditions.
The Met Office has put in place a warning of fog and ice for most of southern England.
In a weather update on its website Heathrow said: “Foggy weather across London and the south-east is expected on Tuesday January 24 and some passengers may experience disruption to their journey as a result.
“Heathrow advises passengers to check their flight status with their airline before coming to the airport.
Heathrow’s top priority is the safety of passengers and we apologise to those whose travel has been affected.”
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In a travel advice statement on its website, British Airways said: “Thick fog across parts of southern England will continue to affect some flights to and from London’s airports on Tuesday.
“Following a second day of poor forecast weather, we have once again agreed with Heathrow, National Air Traffic Services and other airlines to slightly reduce our flight schedules at Heathrow on Tuesday.
“For safety reasons Air Traffic Control has to allow greater space between landing aircraft in fog and this will mean a reduced number of aircraft being allowed to land each hour at Heathrow.
“As well as slightly reducing our Heathrow flight schedule, other flights are likely to be delayed throughout Tuesday.
“We are also expecting further fog at Gatwick and London City airports to affect some flights on Tuesday, following some disruption to Monday’s schedules.
“We are sorry for the difficulties caused by the poor weather and will do all we can to minimise the effect it has on our operations.”
https://twitter.com/British_Airways/status/823794271195119617
Meanwhile Gatwick advised passengers that fog across the south-east and Europe was causing delays and cancellations.
