Across Europe, severe winter weather has caused massive airport disruptions and aircraft cancellations, especially in Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Thousands of travelers are left stranded or experiencing delays as severe snow and freezing rain continue to affect travel plans. Several European airports are experiencing flight schedule disruptions on Sunday due to winter weather, especially in Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. There have been hundreds of delayed or canceled flights.
Approximately 70 flight cancellations have been reported thus far at the Netherlands' Schiphol Airport. Snow and freezing rain are causing delays at many airports in Germany on Sunday. There have been over 100 flight cancellations.
Out of the 1,090 scheduled takeoffs and landings at Frankfurt, the biggest airport in Germany, 120 were canceled. 35 flights were canceled as a precaution on Saturday night in Munich. According to a spokeswoman, this impacted 750 flights and arrivals at the second-largest airport in Germany.
On Sunday, 120 of the 1,090 scheduled arrivals and departures in France were canceled. The requirement to clear runways and decreased visibility hinder airport capacity, according to airport operator Fraport. The European air traffic controller, Euro control, issued a warning of "significant delays throughout the day" at London's Heathrow Airport in England.
Due to severe snowfall, runways at Manchester and Liverpool airports were temporarily closed on Sunday morning. At Bristol and Birmingham airports, where runways had been stopped overnight, traffic started up again. The winter weather had little effect on Brussels National Airport. A spokeswoman claimed that although runways needed to be de-iced, this only resulted in very "minor delays."
