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| Fog leads to flight cancellations | Fog leads to flight cancellations |
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| Thick fog in southern England is causing travel disruption, including flight cancellations at London's Heathrow and City airports. | |
| Heathrow said 40 flights had been cancelled. | |
| The airports said there were also delays and passengers have been advised to check with their airlines. | |
| The Met Office earlier warned that visibility was lower than 50 metres in places with fog expected to linger throughout the morning. | |
| The fog is spread over the south-east of England up to the Midlands. | |
| At London City Airport, 20 departing flights were cancelled while almost 40 arrivals were either cancelled, delayed or diverted. | |
| Flights were also unable to land at Southampton Airport earlier and on Tuesday night four aircraft had to be diverted to Bournemouth. | |
| A spokeswoman for Heathrow said on average the airport handles around 1,300 flights a day. | A spokeswoman for Heathrow said on average the airport handles around 1,300 flights a day. |
| The airport has had to cancel flights because of an air traffic control requirement for more space on the schedule between planes during periods of decreased visibility, she added. | The airport has had to cancel flights because of an air traffic control requirement for more space on the schedule between planes during periods of decreased visibility, she added. |
| London's Stansted and Gatwick airports said flights were unaffected by the fog. | London's Stansted and Gatwick airports said flights were unaffected by the fog. |
| Ferries between Hampshire and the Isle of Wight were also operating with delays, Wightlink Ferries said. | Ferries between Hampshire and the Isle of Wight were also operating with delays, Wightlink Ferries said. |
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