Fog continues to cause disruption at Gatwick Airport

Fog is continuing to disrupt flights astatine Gatwick Airport with restrictions imposed to support safety.

On what is expected to beryllium the airport's busiest time of the Christmas period, it said immoderate flights "may beryllium delayed passim the day" owed to "poor visibility" and apologised to customers.

While the upwind is improving, the UK's main aerial postulation power supplier Nats said impermanent aerial restrictions are inactive successful spot for immoderate airports successful London.

Hundreds of flights person already been cancelled and delayed crossed immoderate of the UK's large airports since Friday, with passengers inactive advised to cheque their formation earlier travelling.

Gatwick's arrivals and departures boards amusement delays but nary cancellations.

Sunday is expected to beryllium its busiest time during the vacation period, with 769 flights planned.

Heathrow meantime said it was operating arsenic normal, with nary cancellations owed to the fog. Its arrivals and departure boards were earlier showing immoderate delays and cancellations, but it is not known if they were fog-related.

Stansted and Luton airports person besides said they are not affected.

BBC Weather said the fog is not arsenic extended oregon heavy arsenic it has been for the past 2 days, adding it is mostly successful cardinal and southbound England and southbound Wales and should disperse from immoderate areas by Sunday afternoon.

But adjacent erstwhile the fog dissipates, galore planes and pilots whitethorn beryllium retired of spot owed to the erstwhile delays and cancellations, which is apt to bring further disruption to aerial travel.

Flights astatine Manchester, Glasgow and Cardiff were among the airports wherever flights had besides been disrupted connected Friday and Saturday.