British Airways has cancelled more than 50 flights to and from Heathrow as thick fog slowed operations at Europe’s busiest airport. Most of the flights are domestic and short-haul European services, including departures to Aberdeen, Amsterdam, Paris CDG.
Many other services are delayed, with many passengers facing waits of an hour or more.
Heathrow is warning travellers: “Due to foggy conditions across the UK and Europe, passengers may experience some disruption to their journey.”
Under EU legislation, airlines are obliged to provide disrupted passengers with meals and, if necessary, accommodation, but in cases of extreme weather travellers are not entitled to cash compensation.
It comes after it emerged landing slots ring-fenced for flights to and from Scotland had been redeployed for routes to Spain, Italy and France.
The so-called “remedy slots” had been used by BMI to operate flights from London to north of the border, and were taken up by Virgin Atlantic, which ran them for two years under the “Little Red” brand before abandoning the service after sustaining heavy losses.
