Hundreds of flights delayed from one of UK’s busiest airports due to thick fog
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Thick fog has stopped flights from taking off from Gatwick on one of the busiest travel days of the year. Flights from Gatwick Airport have been delayed and cancelled over the last two days due to low visibility. Thousands of passengers saw their journeys disrupted at one of the UK’s second-busiest airport.
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EasyJet, Norwegian, Vueling, British Airways and TAP Air Portugal flights were listed among the cancelled, according to Flightradar24. Kiera Quayle told Sky News she was stuck on the Isle of Man after visiting her husband’s family for Christmas. Her Easyjet flight was delayed and then eventually cancelled on Friday night.
Their new flight is not scheduled to depart until 5pm today. She said: ‘We’re lucky that we have family we can stay with, but it has been difficult organising travel and where we are staying. ‘Luckily for us our neighbour has agreed to look after our cat for a few extra days, and we can swallow the extra car park charge at Gatwick.’.
As a first step, passengers should contact their airlines for the latest information and check your airline’s flight tracker. There are limits to when passengers of delayed flights are entitled to assistance. Here is a breakdown of how much a flight must be delayed before you’re entitled to assistance.
Assistance typically includes some food and drink, often provided as a voucher, a means for you to communicate, and accommodation and transfers if an overnight stay is required. The disruption at Gatwick is expected to continue until the end of today after Nats, the main air traffic control provide in the UK, put temporary air restrictions in place.
