Bristol Airport flight chaos diverts planes to Birmingham due to heavy snowfall

Emma Walker
By Emma Walker

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Published 4th Jan 2025, 21:23 GMT
Updated 4th Jan 2025, 21:29 GMT
The Met Office has warned of "disruptive" snow across the weekendThe Met Office has warned of "disruptive" snow across the weekend
The Met Office has warned of "disruptive" snow across the weekend
Flights are being diverted from Bristol to Birmingham Airport as heavy snow disrupts operations.

A number of flights that were meant to be landing at Bristol Airport tonight (Saturday, January 4) have been diverted following snowfall.

As of 8.30pm, four flights had been diverted to Birmingham and one to Cardiff. Meanwhile, a 6.05pm departure to Paris was cancelled, as well at the 7.30pm flight to Edinburgh.

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Other scheduled arrivals at Bristol tonight have also been suspended.

A spokesperson for the airport said that their teams are "working hard on snow clearing but challenging weather means that flight operations have been suspended until later tonight”.

More updates to follow.

Related topics:BirminghamSnowfallEdinburgh

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