Airline passengers have been warned of severe disruption today after more than 100 flights were cancelled due to dense fog at Heathrow and London City airport.
A total of 21 flights from Heathrow were cancelled by 6.30am this morning to destinations including Manchester, Glasgow, Amsterdam, Brussels, Stockholm, Cologne and Nice.
Ten flights due to depart from London City had also been cancelled, with services to Dublin, Rotterdam and Paris among those hit.
One flight scheduled to depart Leeds/Bradford airport earlier was cancelled. The 6.20am KLM service had been due to fly to Amsterdam, which has also been affected by fog.
Gatwick said it was experiencing low visibility but it had caused no disruption to flights, while Stansted said it was “business as usual”.
A Heathrow spokeswoman said: “Passengers are being re-booked or put up in accommodation by airlines, while some domestic passengers are being taken in coaches to their destination.
“Some delays to flights are also occurring so we advise passengers to check with their airlines before travelling.”
The Met Office warned that fog was likely to persist late into morning following problems which caused a series of flight delays yesterday, including those flying to the first ACE river cruise convention in Amsterdam.
“We have seen quite dense fog in the south east and east of England today and over night we expect that to become more widespread, with visibility reduced to 50 metres,” a spokesman said.
“Tomorrow fog will take a while to shift in London, the south east and the east of England up to York, and will only become less widespread in the late morning.”