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!
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