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| UK weather: Storm Katie hits with 100mph winds to force cancellation of dozens of Heathrow and Gatwick flights | |
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| Storm Katie is tearing up the flight schedules at many airports in southern England, with dozens of planes and thousands of passengers in the wrong places. | Storm Katie is tearing up the flight schedules at many airports in southern England, with dozens of planes and thousands of passengers in the wrong places. |
| Many early morning arrivals at Heathrow and Gatwick have been diverted, with the British Airways flights from Johannesburg landing at Shannon in Ireland and Glasgow. BA arrivals from Singapore, Delhi and Dubai are on the ground at Manchester. The Sao Paulo and Bombay services have arrived at Birmingham, and some New York passengers are in Newcastle. | Many early morning arrivals at Heathrow and Gatwick have been diverted, with the British Airways flights from Johannesburg landing at Shannon in Ireland and Glasgow. BA arrivals from Singapore, Delhi and Dubai are on the ground at Manchester. The Sao Paulo and Bombay services have arrived at Birmingham, and some New York passengers are in Newcastle. |
| Air-traffic controllers have reduced the “flow rate” at both Heathrow and Gatwick. They are respectively the busiest two-runway and single-runway airports in the world, and as a result there is little resilience to cope with disruption. | Air-traffic controllers have reduced the “flow rate” at both Heathrow and Gatwick. They are respectively the busiest two-runway and single-runway airports in the world, and as a result there is little resilience to cope with disruption. |
| Travellers heading back from Easter breaks could be affected by a more than 100 cancellations to and from London today. BA alone has cancelled more than 50 flights to and from Heathrow so far today, with additional cancellations from Gatwick. Most are short-haul trips, but at least one transatlantic service - to Washington DC - has been cancelled. With aircraft and crew out of position, the number is likely to rise. | Travellers heading back from Easter breaks could be affected by a more than 100 cancellations to and from London today. BA alone has cancelled more than 50 flights to and from Heathrow so far today, with additional cancellations from Gatwick. Most are short-haul trips, but at least one transatlantic service - to Washington DC - has been cancelled. With aircraft and crew out of position, the number is likely to rise. |
| Many other airlines have been affected, with American Airlines, South African Airways and United long-haul arrivals diverted. | Many other airlines have been affected, with American Airlines, South African Airways and United long-haul arrivals diverted. |
| Arrivals at the world’s busiest single-runway airport, Gatwick, have been also been heavily disrupted. The biggest airline at the Sussex airport, easyJet, has so far cancelled 10 flights to and from destinations including Athens, Munich and Nice. | Arrivals at the world’s busiest single-runway airport, Gatwick, have been also been heavily disrupted. The biggest airline at the Sussex airport, easyJet, has so far cancelled 10 flights to and from destinations including Athens, Munich and Nice. |
| The airline says: “Many of our aircraft had to divert to other airports across the UK, as a result of this a number of our aircraft are not in London Gatwick for this morning. Our operations team have made multiple changes to our flying programme in order to limit the disruption to our flights this morning, however we advise all passengers to refer back to flight tracker for the latest information.” | The airline says: “Many of our aircraft had to divert to other airports across the UK, as a result of this a number of our aircraft are not in London Gatwick for this morning. Our operations team have made multiple changes to our flying programme in order to limit the disruption to our flights this morning, however we advise all passengers to refer back to flight tracker for the latest information.” |
| BA inbound services to Gatwick from Alicante and Malaga have been diverted to Manchester, with the Venice flight landing at Birmingham. Curiously, BA’s Toronto-Heathrow service was diverted to Gatwick. | BA inbound services to Gatwick from Alicante and Malaga have been diverted to Manchester, with the Venice flight landing at Birmingham. Curiously, BA’s Toronto-Heathrow service was diverted to Gatwick. |
| The storm is likely to prove costly for the airlines. Besides losing revenue from cancelled flights, they are also obliged to provide care for stranded passengers until they can get them to their destinations. | The storm is likely to prove costly for the airlines. Besides losing revenue from cancelled flights, they are also obliged to provide care for stranded passengers until they can get them to their destinations. |
| On the railways, the effects of the planned Easter engineering work have been exacerbated by fallen trees on a number of lines in Surrey and Sussex. | On the railways, the effects of the planned Easter engineering work have been exacerbated by fallen trees on a number of lines in Surrey and Sussex. |