Weather related disruption at London airports - 31 May > 1st June
May 30, 18, 1:05 pm
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Weather related disruption at London airports - 31 May > 1st June
I’m due to fly LHR-MAD-OPO tomorrow, leaving from LHR at 1:20pm.
I’ve noticed there is a yellow warning for rain issued for tomorrow. I’ve also seen that some weather forecast services are showing a high risk of thunderstorms starting in the morning tomorrow.
Should I expect disruption at LHR tomorrow?
I’ve noticed there is a yellow warning for rain issued for tomorrow. I’ve also seen that some weather forecast services are showing a high risk of thunderstorms starting in the morning tomorrow.
Should I expect disruption at LHR tomorrow?
May 30, 18, 2:04 pm
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BA have cancelled proactively a low number of flights tomorrow (EDI, GLA, AMS etc).This means they are expecting some disruption. Generally this does seem to prevent the system overloading too much but how that affects a given flight is impossible to say at this stage, other than that those flights in the schedule are now expected to operate.
[It's always good to put a date into threads like this, since "tomorrow" will turn into "today" and then "yesterday", at least on current trends].
[It's always good to put a date into threads like this, since "tomorrow" will turn into "today" and then "yesterday", at least on current trends].
May 31, 18, 6:03 am
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BA flights are the majority at Heathrow (about 55% of slots at Heathrow are BA if I remember correctly).
BA also take (somewhat voluntarily, to avoid being volun-told) more of a hit from any capacity reduction than airlines with only a few flights.
BA also take (somewhat voluntarily, to avoid being volun-told) more of a hit from any capacity reduction than airlines with only a few flights.
May 31, 18, 8:24 am
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Originally Posted by rossmacd
My flight into LHR this evening is already posting a 1 hour delay, which I know for sure will increase. Out of 6 flights in 5 days, all have been delayed. Nothing can be done, just a fact of life on the road 
May 31, 18, 10:24 am
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Originally Posted by duo
They blame weather but according to the news the storms at due to hit at 16:00. What am i missing?.
Imagine how the aircraft doing the flights to Vienna is doing in this:
(from https://www.lightningmaps.org/blitzo...ex.php?lang=en )
May 31, 18, 10:29 am
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Originally Posted by PETER01
They are made of steel, or maybe they drink Irn-Bru which is made from Girders
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...ry-golf-resort
