Flights CANCELLED at Heathrow Airport as Storm Lilian whips up 80mph winds – and there’s more mayhem to come
PASSENGERS were hit with travel chaos after British Airways chopped flights at Heathrow Airport amid Storm Lilian and 80mph winds.
The airline has cancelled a number of flights at the major London airport ahead of the Bank Holiday as Storm Lilian looms.
It comes as the Met Office issued three yellow weather warnings across the UK this morning as the storm makes landfall.
A number of international and domestic trips to holiday hotspots have been axed.
Punishing queues have also been spotted forming at Manchester Airport as stormy weather wreaks havoc.
A British Airways spokesperson told Metro.co.uk: "Due to restrictions imposed by Air Traffic Control at Heathrow Airport as a result of forecast adverse weather tomorrow, we’ve made some minor adjustments to our schedule.
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"We’ve apologised to our customers for the disruption to their travel plans and our teams are working to get them to their destinations as quickly as possible."
Winds of up to 80mph are expected to push eastwards this morning - sparking delays on the M6, A66, and A1(M).
The Met Office put a wind warning in place over north Wales, northern England and southern Scotland until 11am.
A yellow rain warning is also in force for south west Scotland and Aberdeenshire until 9am.
Some damage to buildings, such as tiles blown from roofs, could happen.
The flying debris poses a "danger to life" along with large waves on the sea front, forecasters said.
Met Office expert Jason Kelly said: "Storm Lilian will bring some potentially damaging gusts during Friday morning.
"Gusts will be widely in the 50-60mph range, with the possibility of some gusts in excess of 75mph in a few places.
"There’s associated rainfall with Lilian that has also resulted in a Met Office warning for parts of Scotland.
"Within the warning area, another 50mm of rain is possible over high ground, with 20-30mm falling quite widely.
"Much of this is falling on saturated ground so increases the chance of some surface water flooding."
Axed British Airways flights
British Airways BA BA472 at 6.15 am to Barcelona
British Airways BA1430 at 6.15am to Edinburgh
British Airways BA552 at 6.50am to Rome
British Airways BA304 at 7.10am to Paris
British Airways BA1472 at 7.10am to Glasgow
British Airways BA1304 at 7.30am to Aberdeen
British Airways BA752 at 8.15am to Basel
British Airways BA1370 at 8.45am to Manchester
Delayed flights
British Airways BA494 at 1.35pm to Palma
British Airways BA127 at 2.05pm to Doha
British Airways BA171 at 5.05 to Pittsburgh
British Airways BA099 at 5.05pm to Toronto
British Airways BA958 at 8.20pm to Munich
