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More than 400 flights cancelled as Storm Eunice causes travel chaos

Air
Rob Gill
18 February 2022

Hundreds of flights were cancelled across the UK due to Storm Eunice on Friday (18 February) with "more to come", as high winds caused major disruption across the transport network.

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Data from aviation analyst Cirium revealed that 436 flights were cancelled around the country up to 1pm on Friday, with Heathrow seeing the highest number of cancellations with 20% of inbound and outbound flights being affected.

The second most impacted airport was London City with 16% of services cancelled followed by Manchester airport where 10% of flights suffered the same fate.