Flights at Manchester, Heathrow and other UK airports cancelled as Storm Hernando batters the US east coast causing major disruption
GV of Manchester Airport(Image: MEN MEDIA)
Flights to and from a number of UK airports including Manchester have been cancelled following dangerous weather conditions.
Storm Hernando is wreaking havoc across the USA, resulting in hundreds of flight cancellations on Monday, February 23, reports the Mirror..
The severe weather battering the east coast of the USA has already led to thousands of flights to and from the region being grounded.
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Flights operating out of London Heathrow, London Gatwick, Manchester Airport, Edinburgh Airport and Dublin Airport have all been affected by the storm.
A British Airways plane(Image: NurPhoto via Getty Images)
The National Weather Service has warned: “A major winter storm is expected to bring heavy snow, strong winds, and coastal flooding across the Mid-Atlantic and north-east that may cause impossible travel conditions and power outages.”
Flights serving JFK airport in New York, Newark airport in New Jersey and Boston airport are among those impacted.
A total of 32 flights departing London Heathrow for JFK on Monday, February 23 have been cancelled. In addition to outbound services, inbound flights from the American destination have also been grounded.
Three direct flights from Manchester have likewise been affected. In Scotland, 35 flights departing Edinburgh have had the second leg of their journey cancelled.
Writing on X, Dublin Airport stated: “Due to adverse weather (Storm Hernando) on the east coast of the US, airlines have cancelled a number of flights due to operate to/from Dublin Airport on Monday.”
Dublin Airport confirmed that carriers had axed seven departing and six arriving flights thus far due to the storm.
Travellers have been urged to get in touch with their airlines for the most recent information.
