Flight disruptions continue into 4th day

Flight disruptions continue into 4th day

Flight disruptions continued into its fourth day as some flights from Singapore to London's Heathrow Airport continued to be delayed or cancelled on Tuesday due to the bad weather.

But the situation has eased somewhat in Singapore.

Singapore Airlines said it has mostly cleared the backlog of passengers leaving Singapore for London.

It said the minority of passengers still here have been provided with accommodation and meals.

But British Airways said it will not be operating any flights from Singapore to London on Tuesday.

One Qantas flight left Singapore on Tuesday, while two services are expected to arrive in Singapore from London on Tuesday night.

Changi Airport Group said nine European flights were delayed as at 6pm - all but one being arrivals from Heathrow.

As Europe continues to struggle with its icy weather, more flights have been disrupted. More than 22,000 flights were disrupted across Europe on Monday.

At London's Heathrow Airport, service is still limited, with the airport operating from one of its two runways.

Terry O'Connor, CEO of furniture and electronics giant COURTS, is on his way back to Singapore via Manchester and Munich, after a long wait at Heathrow.

He sent Channel NewsAsia a text message describing the situation.

He said: "Heathrow and Gatwick are more or less at a standstill, but Manchester is coping... temperatures range from minus six to minus 18 across the UK. I had a rail trip cancelled yesterday and had to find an alternative route that made a 5-hour round trip a total of nine hours."

R Rajendren, a Singaporean in London, was on his way back to visit his father-in-law who is sick. His AirAsia flight from London's Stansted Airport to Kuala Lumpur was diverted to Birmingham.

"All the flights to Europe ... were cancelled, so the whole airport was filled, with every square inch where there was space, there were people sleeping. So after the plane got diverted to Birmingham, we were stuck there, and they didn't tell us if it was gonna happen, or not gonna happen."

Mr Rajendren finally reached Singapore on Tuesday afternoon.

-News courtesy of Channel Newsasia-