Heathrow Airport: Dozens of flights cancelled due to freezing fog

Dozens of flights person been cancelled astatine Heathrow owed to freezing fog.

British Airways, the largest bearer astatine the UK's busiest airport, has axed astir 80 flights.

Airlines were told connected Sunday nighttime they would person to trim the fig of flights they are operating by astir 15% owed to the upwind and Air Traffic Control restrictions.

Temperatures astatine the airdrome connected Monday greeting were arsenic debased arsenic -6C and visibility was poor.

Online departure boards astatine Heathrow amusement cancellations to destinations including Berlin, Amsterdam and Miami.

Services connected Sunday evening were besides impacted.

A Met Office yellowish upwind informing for fog is successful spot until 11:00 GMT connected Monday for parts of confederate and eastbound England.

In a statement, British Airways said it had "apologised to customers whose flights person been affected" and it was "doing everything we tin to get them connected their mode arsenic rapidly arsenic possible".

It advised customers to cheque its website earlier travelling to the airport.

A spokesperson for Heathrow said mediocre visibility was forecast for Monday greeting astatine the airdrome and crossed the south-east of England.

"While determination whitethorn beryllium insignificant changes to [Monday's] docket arsenic a effect of the weather, we privation to reassure passengers that our colleagues are moving successful adjacent collaboration with our hose and aerial postulation power partners to get them safely distant connected their journeys arsenic rapidly arsenic possible," helium said.