In Europe, Heavy snowfall has affected air travel in the United Kingdom and Germany. A number of airports in the UK closed their runways yesterday due to heavy snow and ice. Many areas of UK were under snow and ice warnings, including most of Northern Island, the majority of Scotland and a large part of central and northern England. A yellow rain warning has been issued for almost all of Wales.
Several airports including Manchester Airport, Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport, and Birmingham Airport were temporarily shut down yesterday following the adverse weather conditions. Meanwhile, the Frankfurt Airport in Germany cancelled 120 of its 1,090 planned takeoffs and landings yesterday due to clearance work on runways and reduced visibility. Restrictions were imposed on flight operations at Munich Airport, where only one runway was open. Germany’s weather service has issued black ice warnings for people, advising them to stay home where possible.