Much of Scotland has been placed under an amber Met Office warning for wind, which will take effect at 10am on Monday (4 August) and will remain in place until 10pm. The Met Office said disruption to road, rail, air and ferry services should be expected.
The rest of northern England – the North East, the North West and Yorkshire and Humber – as well as northern areas of Wales and all of Northern Ireland are subject to a yellow Met Office warning for wind, which came into effect at 6am on Monday as Storm Floris sweeps in from the west.
According to the Met Office, gusts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland could run to 50mph, rising to 60-70mph in coastal areas, while in Scotland, gusts of 50-70mph "are expected for many parts", and could top 90mph in coastal areas and on higher ground.
Despite the adverse forecast, Jet2.com and Jet2holidays – which operates from Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Leeds Bradford, Belfast International, Edinburgh and Glasgow airports – has insisted all of its flights are expected to operate as scheduled.
Ryanair said it was monitoring potential disruption to flights to and from the UK, stressing passengers would notified of any impacts to their flights, adding its app would have the latest information.
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Loganair said in light of the Met Office warnings and potential for disruption, it was offering travellers the flexibility to adjust their plans without charge, such as by rebooking onto an alternative flight up to seven days from their original departure date with no change fee or fare difference payable.
However, it added: "We plan to fly all our scheduled services. Standby aircraft and crews are in place to help recover disrupted services as soon as weather permits. Please note that unless your flight is cancelled, no refund will be offered for any operating service.
TTG wasn’t able to find any advice shared proactively by EasyJet holidays, Tui and British Airways regarding the passage of Storm Floris, although rail operators LNER and Avanti West Coast is advising passengers not to travel north of Newcastle or north of Preston respectively on Monday.
LNER, which operates services on the East Coast Main Line, won’t serve stations north of Newcastle, while Avanti, which operates services on the West Coast Main Line, won’t serve stations north of Preston. LNER tickets for Monday will be accepted on Tuesday and Wednesday, and Avanti tickets for Monday on Tuesday.
South Shields’ Westoe Travel, which operates its own in-house Rail Adventures brand, shared LNER’s warning ahead of the arrival of Storm Floris.
Edinburgh airport took to X (formerly Twitter) to share the Met Office’s warnings, as did Glasgow airport.
