British Airways Flights Cancelled Leaves Passengers Stranded

Live travel news and updates regarding the recent bad weather which has affected a number of flights at UK airports.

A number of flights were cancelled at Heathrow Airport yesterday due to the recent snow storm.Planes were cancelled or delayed after a bout of bad weather caused delays for thousands of passengers.

British Airways has been hit the worst, cancelling at least 150 British Airways flights.

Express.co.uk have contacted British Airways for comment.

Other airports have also been affected, with Luton airport also suspending flights, as well as Birmingham, East Midlands and Cardiff.Birmingham Airport’s statement read: “Due to heavy snowfall, we have temporarily suspended flights while we clear the runway.

“Our teams are working hard to get flights in/out as soon as they can.”

Stansted Airport were also affected, but tweeted this morning: “The Airport is open, the runway is fully operational and all flights are anticipated to operate as scheduled.”

Heathrow Airport tweeted: “Weather across the UK and Europe is resulting in some passengers experiencing disruption to their journeys.“Please check your flight status with your airline before travelling to the airport.

“As always, our top priority is the safety of passengers, we apologise to those whose travel has been affected by today’s weather.

“Our operations team is working closely with the airport’s on-site MET Office, to monitor weather.”

The delays have caused some people to be waiting hours at the airport, with Twitter user Nick Miles starting: “Been sat on the tarmac Heathrow Airport for 4.5 hours and have now joined the longest queue I’ve actually ever seen, this is just to go back the other way to immigration.”The delays are expected to continue to affect customers until later today.

One passenger stated that armed officers arrived at the Heathrow Airport business lounge late last night after furious passengers hit out regarding the flights.

They told the Mirror: “At 23.00 we were told by lounge manager that we must be out of that lounge by 23.30.

“It was shortly after that when a number of armed police arrived in lounge.

“British Airways says this was a decision taken by Heathrow Airport to prevent any escalation of a situation.

“There was no situation to escalate.”