Heavy fog blanketing the UK is leading to significant flight delays and travel disruptions. Airports across the country, including Gatwick, Heathrow, and Manchester, are experiencing temporary air traffic restrictions due to low visibility. Thousands of passengers have already been affected by cancellations and delays.
Flight delays are expected as the UK sees more heavy fog. It comes after 20,000 people were affected by airport disruption on Thursday, according to travel journalist Simon Calder. National Air Traffic Services (NATS) said: 'As widespread fog continues to affect some UK airports today, temporary air traffic restrictions remain in place at locations with low visibility. 'Restrictions of this sort are only ever applied to maintain safety...
Our teams are working closely with the airports and airlines to minimise disruption.' A spokesperson for Gatwick Airport said 'Temporary air traffic restrictions have been put in place due to fog causing poor visibility. Some flights may be delayed throughout the day.' NATS and the airport urged passengers to check their flight's status before travelling. At Gatwick 35 departures scheduled up to 11am are delayed and 26 flight arrivals are delayed up to the same time. Two flights are cancelled. At Heathrow 20 flight departures scheduled to leave before 11am are delayed. At Manchester airport 8 departures and 16 arrivals are delayed up to 11am. Speaking to Anna Jones on Sky News Breakfast about the disruption yesterday Mr Calder said: 'We had at London City Airport, at London Heathrow, the busiest in Britain, at London Gatwick, the second busiest, more than 40 cancellations in and out from each of those airports.' The thick fog will continue on Saturday according to the Met Office, with some areas seeing visibility reduced to just 100 metres. Get the weather forecast where you are The worst of the fog is forecast to hit the South East and central England, while East Anglia and parts of South Wales will also be affected. Forecasters have not issued any fog weather warnings yet but the Met Office said it will monitor the situation across the weekend. Met Office meteorologist Liam Eslick said: 'It's that time of year when people are travelling around the country a lot and there are a lot of people on the roads'
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