British Airports closed (Snow)

[Samui]

Many flights cancelled & some airports closed because of snow!

 

Anyone been affected?

 

Im praying everything is ok in 18 days when i go.

[El Cata]

Snow at Heathrow and Gatwick ruins plans of thousands.

 

The Christmas travel plans of thousands of Britons are in disarray after snow left Heathrow Airport all but shut.

 

Thousands were stuck there overnight and few flights will depart on Sunday. Hundreds more slept at Gatwick, as knock-on delays hit most UK airports...

 

...airports were worst hit, on a weekend when travel association Abta said hundreds of thousands of Britons were due to fly.

 

The BBC has received hundreds of e-mails from stranded passengers, with many saying they have no idea where they will be spending Christmas.

 

BA said "several thousand" of its stranded passengers were being put up in hotels but when asked if the company was confident of getting everyone to their festive destinations, a spokeswoman said: "We are in the hands of the weather."

 

People are advised against travelling to Heathrow Airport, which said "a few thousand" spent the night in the terminals. Just four short-haul and three long-haul flights were leaving on Sunday morning. It hoped to be operational on Monday.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12030233

 

Peace.

[leadpencil]

The knock on effect is going to be a problem. The backlog from yesterday and today is so big that the problems will go on far in to next week, even if flights resume normal service tomorrow.

 

 

[hazze]

There is virtually no spare capacity at Heathrow.

Clearing the backlog will be a nightmare.

Maybe more Gatwick flights to compensate.

 

I feel for anyone stuck there when they should be in Thailand.

[welshwonder]

Judging by the December roll call there are dozens of bms at Heathrow/Gatwick, lets hear of you guys with laptops who are there and whats the latest ETA and what the fuck are you doing to relieve the stress ???

[Mike Asia]

i guess there are a few getting to spend a few extra days in Bangkok

[monkeygib]

Stranded in heathrow

Spentvthe night in the floor in terminal 3 last night

Just managed to get a hotel today though...

Was supposed to fly EVA BR68 on 18-12 at 21.20

They have again cancelled today

I've no further info

If anyone is travelling eva please let me know

Cheers

[Samui]

Stranded in heathrow

Spentvthe night in the floor in terminal 3 last night

Just managed to get a hotel today though...

Was supposed to fly EVA BR68 on 18-12 at 21.20

They have again cancelled today

I've no further info

If anyone is travelling eva please let me know

Cheers

 

 

I will be travelling on that flight on the 7th January.

 

Good luck, hope u get going soon.

[Mike Asia]

I will be travelling on that flight on the 7th January.

 

Good luck, hope u get going soon.

 

Don't worry, you will get here.

 

did you contact your hotel in Thailand? Surely they know about the problems but it might be better to let them know.

[BaldPlumber]

It's hard to appreciate what the difficulty is. I can understand cancellations on the Saturday, when it actually snowed but since then we have had none.

 

If our terminally useless councils can manage to keep the main roads perfectly safe, why can't the airport operators do the same for the limited amount of taxi and runways that they are responsible for?

 

I see on the news that Heathrow has invested £6M in new snow clearing equipment in the last year. Maybe now might be a good time to see if it works.

 

Commiserations for everyone stuck in airports at the moment.

[twiddle]

sweating my flight big time, leaving gatwick friday, forecast next week is snow.

 

depending on which report you read that is.

Edited December 19, 2010 by twiddle

[pipster]

Flying with EVA tomorrow, not happy!

[sonny]

I got 3 mates s'posed to be fly out on Thai Airways on Wednsday.

My understanding is, if they are scheduled flights and if the weather is ok at the time of their respective flight. They will fly on time, whilst the delayed flights & passengers have to be given other slots. Would that be correct ?

[7-Eleven]

Stranded in heathrow

Spentvthe night in the floor in terminal 3 last night

Just managed to get a hotel today though...

Was supposed to fly EVA BR68 on 18-12 at 21.20

They have again cancelled today

I've no further info

If anyone is travelling eva please let me know

Cheers

 

Unlucky bud... have you had to pay for the hotel yourself?

[dayo202]

I'm fly out with Air India day after boxing day...

COME ON HEATHROW YOU GOT A WEEK TO GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER !!!!!

Edited December 19, 2010 by dayo202

[welshwonder]

I got 3 mates s'posed to be fly out on Thai Airways on Wednsday.

My understanding is, if they are scheduled flights and if the weather is ok at the time of their respective flight. They will fly on time, whilst the delayed flights & passengers have to be given other slots. Would that be correct ?

 

Dont take this as gospel because i dont work for the avaition authority nor airport but i was told today my someone flying soon that they have to clear the back log of passengers first from previous cancelled flights . Tell your mates to ring Airline for confirmation and further info nearer the day of departure. Good luck and hope the conditions change soon .

[sonny]

Dont take this as gospel because i dont work for the avaition authority nor airport but i was told today my someone flying soon that they have to clear the back log of passengers first from previous cancelled flights . Tell your mates to ring Airline for confirmation and further info nearer the day of departure. Good luck and hope the conditions change soon .

Will do my friend. Many thanks.

This is what i have been led to believe.. Those that have been delayed will have to re-book their flights ! So not sure if that will give them any sort of priority over passengers that are still going to be on schedule.

Edited December 19, 2010 by sonny

[twiddle]

shitting it!

[Soi Six Snatch Sniffer]

shitting it!

couldnt have put it better myself. i dont go til the 29th but i am one unlucky mother fooker when it comes to flying, ash cloud got me last time, i reckon the snows gonna fuck me up this time.

[Johnny Wilde]

I saw a feature on the swedish TV4 regarding the weatherchaos in central europe and they interviewed the most uncanny Bitch Controller look-a-like on Frankfurt airport. Gimme some time and try to dig out the clip!

 

On the other hand, the only good thing about living in the cold, dark north is that the preparation for snow on Stockholm-Arlanda Airport is second to none in the world!

They clear one landingstrip with 6 snowploughs in a row followed by a truck distributing a salt mix to thaw the leftovers while the planes take-off and land on the other strips.

The average delay so far is 30 mins.

[Johnny Wilde]

Ok I found the clip fellas: BC speaks perfect german

..or maybe this works too:

http://www.tv4play.se/nyheter_och_debatt/tv4nyheterna?title=tv4nyheterna_09%3A00&videoid=1179349

 

The interesting part begins at 4.02 so don't pay attention to the other stuff in swedish is only abou suicidalbombers and the commies anyway!

 

If you think I am taking a dig on BC, I also posted this on his facebook page and mentioned I posted it here too:P

 

 

....yes I am juvenile

[sonny]

couldnt have put it better myself. i dont go til the 29th but i am one unlucky mother fooker when it comes to flying, ash cloud got me last time, i reckon the snows gonna fuck me up this time.

 

I reckon we wil be ok Reg. Just don't walk under any ladders for the next 9 days.

[Soi Six Snatch Sniffer]

I reckon we wil be ok Reg. Just don't walk under any ladders for the next 9 days.

put it this way sonny, if there is another snowfall nearer the time, i am going to heathrow with a flamin spade and i will clear the Runway myself if i have to. are you up for it.

[Chris50]

Stranded in heathrow

Spentvthe night in the floor in terminal 3 last night

Just managed to get a hotel today though...

Was supposed to fly EVA BR68 on 18-12 at 21.20

They have again cancelled today

I've no further info

If anyone is travelling eva please let me know

Cheers

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Cheers chris

[Bagwan]

Ok I found the clip fellas: BC speaks perfect german

..or maybe this works too:

http://www.tv4play.se/nyheter_och_debatt/tv4nyheterna?title=tv4nyheterna_09%3A00&videoid=1179349

 

The interesting part begins at 4.02 so don't pay attention to the other stuff in swedish is only abou suicidalbombers and the commies anyway!

 

If you think I am taking a dig on BC, I also posted this on his facebook page and mentioned I posted it here too:P

 

 

....yes I am juvenile

 

Lmao...Bazzi is a little bit better looking though