Christmas travel chaos continues with 100 Heathrow flights cancelled amid severe 80mph wind weather warnings
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Christmas plans have been cancelled at the last minute after the UK's busiest airport axed 100 flights amid severe weather warnings. News of the cancellations comes at a busy time of year for air traffic with millions hoping to get away during the festive season.
![[Hundreds of passengers are facing Christmas travel chaos as 90 flights from Heathrow Airport are cancelled and 200 more delayed amid weather warnings for strong wind]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/14/93382227-14216745-image-a-12_1734793053129.jpg)
London Heathrow made the decision to call off the flights while dozens of ferry routes in Scotland and Ireland are also no longer operating due to severe 80mph winds. Warnings have been put in place for today with much of the UK covered in a yellow alert signifying 'a prolonged period of strong winds'.
![[A Heathrow spokesperson said 'a small number of flights' have been cancelled on Saturday due to 'strong winds and airspace restrictions']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/15/93382231-14216745-image-a-18_1734793411951.jpg)
Of the Heathrow cancellations, eighty are on British Airways and involve short-haul domestic and European flights. Three round-trips to Amsterdam and Glasgow have also been grounded. Other airlines affected are Aer Lingus; Dublin Eurowings; Cologne Iberia; Madrid KLM; Amsterdam Lufthansa; Frankfurt (two round-trips) SAS; Oslo Swiss; Zurich TAP; Lisbon Turkish Airlines; Istanbul Virgin Atlantic: Miami.
![[Currently, 33 flights from the west London airport have been axed today, and another 58 tomorrow.]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/15/93382229-14216745-image-a-20_1734793870179.jpg)
It comes as Heathrow Airport announced a 'small number of flights' had been stopped due to 'strong winds and airspace restriction' and British Airways said disruption was likely to continue throughout the weekend. Warnings have been put in place for today with much of the UK covered in a yellow alert signifying 'a prolonged period of strong winds'.
![[Queues on the A102 Blackwall Tunnel approach in Greenwich South East London as the Christmas getaway begins]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/15/93380859-14216745-Queues_on_the_A102_Blackwall_Tunnel_approach_in_Greenwich_South_-a-21_1734794031886.jpg)
Hundreds of passengers are facing Christmas travel chaos as 90 flights from Heathrow Airport are cancelled and 200 more delayed amid weather warnings for strong wind. A spokesman for the airline said: 'Due to adverse weather this weekend, restrictions have been put on the number of flights able to take off and land at Heathrow and therefore we've had to make a small number of cancellations.
![[Passengers at London Euston station awaiting to leave London this morning]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/15/93381007-14216745-Passengers_at_London_Euston_station_awaiting_to_leave_London_thi-a-22_1734794034010.jpg)
