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Heathrow Airport has cut the number of flights on Sunday by 20%, after 2-6cm of snow was forecast. Stranded passengers at Heathrow Airport are facing more travel disruption as around 260 flights are due to be cancelled on Sunday after 2-6cm of snow was forecast.
Details of which flights will be cancelled will be announced by airlines when they have finalised their schedules, the airport said.
Heathrow has already cancelled 100 flights on Saturday - 67 departing and 33 arriving.Heathrow has already cancelled 100 flights on Saturday - 67 departing and 33 arriving.
Since Saturday morning hundreds of people have queued at BA's check-in desks at Heathrow's Terminal 5 Hundreds of people have been queuing at check-in desks at the airport.
But both runways remain open and the airport is currently said to be returning to normal. Passengers are being told not to join queues for check in unless their flight is within two hours.
"Latest forecasts for tomorrow show a high probability of around 2-6cm of accumulating snow and low visibility at periods throughout the day," an airport spokesman said.
"This will reduce the capacity of the airport and without action would cause significant disruption to passengers and flights."
Details of which flights will be cancelled will be announced by airlines when they have finalised their schedules, the airport said.
On Friday more than 400 flights were axed and thousands of passengers ended up sleeping in the airport.On Friday more than 400 flights were axed and thousands of passengers ended up sleeping in the airport.
Some are angry, some are laughing it off, but most look tired and frustrated.Some are angry, some are laughing it off, but most look tired and frustrated.
Each passenger has their own story, a birthday trip to Paris cut short, a skiing holiday hanging in the balance, a long flight home delayed indefinitely.Each passenger has their own story, a birthday trip to Paris cut short, a skiing holiday hanging in the balance, a long flight home delayed indefinitely.
"You get two inches of snow? We get two feet" says a man from up state New York, adding that the disruption it causes here makes him "giggle"."You get two inches of snow? We get two feet" says a man from up state New York, adding that the disruption it causes here makes him "giggle".
For some it is a second frustrating day in the terminal. Sleep is not easy under fluorescent lights on a hard concrete floor. Airport staff seem to be eager to help, but they cannot bring much good news to those who just want to know when they can fly.For some it is a second frustrating day in the terminal. Sleep is not easy under fluorescent lights on a hard concrete floor. Airport staff seem to be eager to help, but they cannot bring much good news to those who just want to know when they can fly.
Although the congestion has eased, there is a warning more snow will cause more delays.Although the congestion has eased, there is a warning more snow will cause more delays.
Passengers arriving at the terminal are being advised not to join the queues unless their flight is within two hours, in order to manage the congestion. The spokesman added that in low visibility more space needs to be left between aircraft, which was difficult at Heathrow as it runs at almost full capacity - therefore delayed flights could not be rescheduled.
A Heathrow spokesman said: "Latest forecasts for tomorrow show a high probability of around 2-6cm of accumulating snow and low visibility at periods throughout the day.
"This will reduce the capacity of the airport and without action would cause significant disruption to passengers and flights."
He added that in low visibility more space needs to be left between aircrafts, which was difficult at Heathrow as it runs at almost full capacity.
He added there was "simply no room to reschedule the delayed flights."
In other developments:In other developments:
  • Despite Saturday's cancellations, mostly for short-haul flights, the west London airport said about 44 aircrafts were taking off and landing every hour
  • BA apologised to people who were stuck on planes on Friday, as snow delayed and cancelled their flights, and said customers could re-book their flights if they did not want to travel on Saturday or Sunday
'Mildly hysterical'
  • Despite Saturday's cancellations, mostly for short-haul flights, the west London airport said about 44 aircrafts were taking off and landing every hour
  • BA apologised to people who were stuck on planes on Friday, as snow delayed and cancelled their flights, and said customers could re-book their flights if they did not want to travel on Saturday or Sunday
'Mildly hysterical'
On Friday, passenger Ian Aitchison, who was due to the US for a conference, said he was on a plane for more than six hours before the flight was cancelled and he was then told he would be unable to get his luggage back and has to arrange to have it sent later.On Friday, passenger Ian Aitchison, who was due to the US for a conference, said he was on a plane for more than six hours before the flight was cancelled and he was then told he would be unable to get his luggage back and has to arrange to have it sent later.
"It's pretty funny. To be honest I'm mildly hysterical... obviously there's a lot of people who are quite upset.""It's pretty funny. To be honest I'm mildly hysterical... obviously there's a lot of people who are quite upset."
Jamie Methuen was supposed to fly to Geneva on Friday and then travel to France for a skiing weekend.Jamie Methuen was supposed to fly to Geneva on Friday and then travel to France for a skiing weekend.
He told the BBC his flight was cancelled after a four-hour wait at Heathrow, and that he would have "appreciated a far more honest and pragmatic approach" from the airlines, "four hours earlier".He told the BBC his flight was cancelled after a four-hour wait at Heathrow, and that he would have "appreciated a far more honest and pragmatic approach" from the airlines, "four hours earlier".