Wednesday 1 January 2025 - New Year's Day / Holy Name day

Best wishes for the new year everyone. Unfortunately an old tradition is very much us today:

BA846 WAW = WEAN
BA476 BCN = ARPN
BA790 GOT = ARPN
BA342 NCE = ARPN
BA366 MRS= WEAN
BA564 LIN= WEAN
BA572 MXP= WEAN
BA990 BER= ARPN
BA948 MUC = WEAN
BA724 GVA = WEAN
BA812 CPH = ARPN
BA936 DUS = ARPN
BA832 DUB = WEAN
BA456 MAD = ARPN

The ATC report below gives some of the difficulties and some further cancellations may happen as the weather front passes through. It's not that busy a day with 609 departures, 312 for BA.

Morning Operational update
Landing RWY: 27L
Airborne holding (mins): 13
Departure RWY: 27R
TSAT delay average (mins): 0

Network: EGLLTC Due weather 34/60 0540-1300, 37/60 1300-2000, 42/60 2000-2200

Weather: A cloudy day with a wide frontal band of rain in the morning. Strong SW'ly winds with gusts of 30-40 KT. The front is expected to clear through at around 12Z, with a risk of heavy bursts and squally winds (risk of 45 KT and severe turbulence) as it clears. Behind the front, some rain may linger into the mid-afternoon, and winds will quickly turn gentle to moderate NW'ly with a low risk of 25KT gusts until 18Z.