Hello all,
sorry of this comes off as a daft question but what what kind of delays and cancellations are expected at LHR in late December weather wise? WHat was the situation last year?
I am doing LHR-DEL on the 22nd and then DEL-LHR on 5th with IT and was wondering what I should be prepared to face.
thanks in advance.
By: KabirT - 29th November 2010 at 10:44
Cheers for the info Michael. I basically want to do everything possible to avoid getting stuck at Heathrow, the airport is a nightmare.
I plan to come into London a day earlier on the 21st just to be on the safe side.
By: T5 - 28th November 2010 at 23:12
I flew into Gatwick last Christmas and out of Heathrow on 2nd January. I worried about both flights as there had been significant snowfall in the south of England at the time.
Despite the bad weather, operations at Gatwick appeared to be only slightly affected. It was on the following day, however, that even more snow fell, resulting in a number of cancellations and diversions to cities all over the country. I seem to recall checking the situation with Orlando flights (that’s where I had arrived from) on the following day – of which there were three. One was diverted, one was delayed by an hour and another was delayed by around 90 minutes.
The weather by the new year had cleared up and the only delays were the result of the extra security checks, introduced after the failed Christmas terrorist attack.
In Christmas 2006, I flew into Heathrow late on Christmas Eve and out again on the evening of 31 December. Weather again caused havoc with many flights, thanks to thick fog covering much of the country. After arriving into Amsterdam from Seoul, I was desperate to catch the last flight to Heathrow before Christmas, but the departure board didn’t look too good. Thankfully though, my flight did go. The weather at Heathrow wasn’t pretty though!
By: KabirT - 28th November 2010 at 22:50
I guess we won’t know till we get closer to the date.. I guess the worse that can happen is that either there is snow/ice/fog and flights are delayed/cancelled in which case I’m sure Kingfisher will get you out ASAP and offer compensation.
That is what I am bothered with a little bit, although i am being optimistic. Since I am rather busy these days with research work I gave my father the duty to book my tickets and he booked me with IT (i prefer 9W). IT facing all the losses these days that is I fear that it may leave passengers hanging for a fair bit if that kind of situation arises. But I am hoping they won’t as LHR is their numero-uno international route.
But I guess you are correct, we will have to see closer to the date. But with the kind of weather warnings being raised I am preparing for the worst for now.
By: lucas - 28th November 2010 at 22:40
I was thinking the same thing today…except Im flying easyJet from Gatwick during the Christmas period!
I guess we won’t know till we get closer to the date.. I guess the worse that can happen is that either there is snow/ice/fog and flights are delayed/cancelled in which case I’m sure Kingfisher will get you out ASAP and offer compensation.
I’m more doomed with easyJet, from my experience they tend to cancel flights for a bit of snow while other carriers remain flying!
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