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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 more than 70 flight cancellations at London's Heathrow and City airports. | Thick fog in southern England is causing travel disruption, including more than 70 flight cancellations at London's Heathrow and City airports. |
| There are also delays and passengers have been advised to check with their airlines. | There are 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 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. | The fog is spread over the south-east of England up to the Midlands. |
| Heathrow Airport said 52 flights had been cancelled. | |
| At London City Airport, 20 departing flights were cancelled while almost 40 arrivals were either cancelled, delayed or diverted. | At London City Airport, 20 departing flights were cancelled while almost 40 arrivals were either cancelled, delayed or diverted. |
| Six flights were cancelled and 18 delayed at Southampton Airport while no planes have been able to land. | Six flights were cancelled and 18 delayed at Southampton Airport while no planes have been able to land. |
| On Tuesday night four aircraft had to be diverted to Bournemouth. | On Tuesday night four aircraft had to be diverted to Bournemouth. |
| "We're still not moving. The forecast is improving though and the fog is starting to lift away," Jan Halliday, from Southampton Airport said. | "We're still not moving. The forecast is improving though and the fog is starting to lift away," Jan Halliday, from Southampton Airport said. |
| "We anticipate that we will start to fly before 11:00 GMT" | "We anticipate that we will start to fly before 11:00 GMT" |
| A spokeswoman for Heathrow said on average the airport handles around 1,300 flights a day and that affected passengers would be re-booked onto later flights. | |
| 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. |
| Stephen Main, who was due to fly to New York from Glasgow via London Heathrow, said he would now be delayed by almost nine hours. | Stephen Main, who was due to fly to New York from Glasgow via London Heathrow, said he would now be delayed by almost nine hours. |
| "We had plans for a business meeting in the afternoon but this puts the whole trip back." | "We had plans for a business meeting in the afternoon but this puts the whole trip back." |
| London's Stansted and Gatwick airports said flights were unaffected. | |
| Meanwhile, ferries between Hampshire and the Isle of Wight were also operating with delays, Wightlink Ferries said. | Meanwhile, ferries between Hampshire and the Isle of Wight were also operating with delays, Wightlink Ferries said. |
| And operations at Southampton Container Port were suspended due to the fog. | And operations at Southampton Container Port were suspended due to the fog. |
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