Snow closes Edinburgh Airport
19.01.09
Passengers face delays at Edinburgh Airport today, as snow has forced the closure of the runway. The runway was closed for two hours from 11:30, but has since reopened. During the closure three inbound flights were diverted to Glasgow and seven departures were delayed, with further disruption expected this afternoon and evening.
An Edinburgh Airport spokesman said: ‘Adverse weather conditions and low temperatures, which saw falling snow quickly turning to ice, meant that we were forced to close the main runway at 11:30. However, work by our airfield operations team allowed the runway to be reopened at 13:10 and the airport is now returning to normal.'
‘Although the runway is back to being fully operational, there is potential for knock on delays during the course of the day and we would advise passengers to check the status of their flight with their airline.'
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