Mist and fog is again forecast to affect parts of the UK tomorrow (Thursday 12 December). Please either check with your airline, via their website, or call our out-of-hours team on +44 20 3130 9767.
Our office opens at 0830 tomorrow, please call us for further assistance.
Fog has swept over London and the south east of England, causing the cancellations of 40 flights at Heathrow Airport.
Other UK airports are expected to have impact also due to weather/ visibility conditions.
You can check on your flight’s status at Heathrow Airport.
Flights have been barred from landing at Stansted Airport this morning (Tuesday 10th December), after equipment was damaged by an incoming aircraft.
The Gulfstream G550 jet damaged part of the Essex airport’s instrument landing system (ILS) but landed safely.
Air accident investigators are investigating the “incident”, which happened earlier.
The airport said departing flights had been unaffected but there were likely to be delays and cancellations because of disruption to inbound flights.
An airport spokesman said: “NATS, who are responsible for the operation and maintenance of the ILS equipment, have engineers on site and are currently working to the resolve the issue and return the airfield to normal operations as quickly as possible.
“As a result, flights will be subject to delay and cancellations so passengers are advised to check their flight status on their airline website.
“We apologise for the inconvenience this has caused.”
The ILS is a radio beam transmitter that incoming aircraft can follow in order to land in poor visibility.
Some prescribed and over the counter medicines that are available in the UK are considered controlled substances in the UAE and can’t be brought into the country without prior permission from the UAE Ministry of Health. If you arrive in the UAE without this permission and the required documentation, the medication will not be allowed into the UAE and you may be prosecuted under UAE law.
For further information and specific queries, visit the website of the UAE Embassy in London and contact the Drug Control Department of the UAE Ministry of Health to check whether your medication is on the controlled list.
Late last night KLM Royal Dutch Airlines said it would cancel 84 flights to and from Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport for today, Thursday 5th December, after forecasters sounded a “code orange” extreme weather warning for the next 24 hours.
The Netherlands is preparing for heavy storms with surging tides and winds predicted to gust up to 130 km/h (81 miles per hour) in places in the north.In the south, the landmark Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier has been closed off for the first time in six years, public broadcaster NOS reported.
Inter-continental flights will go ahead as scheduled, but travellers flying KLM to European destinations are advised to check for regular updates on the airline”s website.
Schiphol is Europe”s fourth-busiest airport with between 120,000 to 140,000 passengers passing through daily.
With immediate effect, all India visa applications must now be submitted with a new Letter of Authorisation, which must be completed and enclosed with all other paperwork. Yet more paperwork and bureaucracy!
Please contact us and we will email you the form in question.
Please see the message below from British Airways received one hour ago.
At 06:15 this morning the baggage system at London Heathrow (LHR) suffered a failure resulting in flights departing with no baggage and those customers with bags to check-in were not accepted to travel. The baggage system is now back up and running and all bags will be re-flighted to their final destination today.
For customers who travelled but their baggage did not:
• We’re currently in the process of processing these bags and they will be delivered today
• Customers should be encouraged to raise a lost baggage report when they arrive at their destination.
Customers who were not accepted to travel due to the baggage failure at LHR today:
• Any customers who were not accepted for travel this morning due to the baggage failure can be rebooked following the standard cancellation guidelines.
French trade unions have called upon Lufthansa staff employed at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport to participate in strike actions on Wednesday November 20th from 5 pm to 7 pm, on the following three days (21st, 22nd and 23rd November) from 7 am to 9 am and from 5 pm to 7 pm, and all day on Sunday November 24th.
As a result of this strike, flights to and from Paris may be disrupted. Flight re-schedulings, delays and cancellations are to be expected.
Easyjet has seen its pre-tax profits rise by 51 per cent to £478 million after benefiting from an increase in business travellers.
The no-frills carrier saw total revenue rise by 10.5 per cent to £4.26 billion for the financial year ending on September 30, 2013. Last year, Luton-based Easyjet made pre-tax profits of £317 million on the back of revenues of £3.85 billion.
Total revenue per seat was up by 7 per cent year-on-year to £62.58 helped by the impact of the introduction of allocated seating and the continued focus on business travellers who generally spend more on their tickets than leisure passengers.
The airline said there had been “good progress” in its plans to attract more business travellers with the introduction of fast track security for Flexi Fare customers at 26 airports and a new inclusive fare, which is only available through trade channels.
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Please note that we will be closing our office 30 minutes earlier than usual today (Tuesday 12th Novermber) for a company meeting.
Our phone lines will divert to our usual out-of-hours team at 1730, rather than the normal 1800. There will be no charge for calls made to our out-of-hours team between 1730 and 1800 today.
