Storm Eunice has caused significant disruption at Manchester Airport, with dozens of flights cancelled and several forced to divert to alternative airports, including Newcastle. A Ryanair flight from Fuerteventura to Manchester was diverted 850 miles to Bordeaux, France, while another flight was rerouted to Glasgow Airport.
Manchester Airport reported 46 preemptive cancellations, both outbound and inbound, though many were attributed to adverse weather at the flight's origin rather than conditions in Manchester. A spokesperson stated the airport was operating as normal, with ongoing monitoring of the situation.
Aviation analytics firm Cirium reported at least 436 flight cancellations across UK airports on Friday. Heathrow suffered the worst disruption, with a fifth of all flights cancelled, followed by London City (16 per cent) and Manchester (10 per cent).
Passengers on an easyJet flight from Bordeaux to Gatwick endured two aborted landings before returning to Bordeaux, while a British Airways flight from Chicago to Heathrow was diverted to Geneva. Several other flights, including a Lufthansa service from Munich to Heathrow, were forced to return to their departure points.
The airport advised passengers to allow extra travel time and stay in contact with their airlines for the latest updates, as disruption is expected to continue throughout the weekend.
