Bristol Airport has reassured passengers that flights are taking off as usual despite confusion that snow in the region had affected journeys.
According to the live departures board this morning, no flights had taken off. But it appears that was not the case and the tracker had not updated.
It comes as holidaymakers heading to Geneva awaited confirmation about their flight time earlier today.
One traveller took to social media to share their experience. They said: “25 minutes stood on a bus with no communication at the gate, five minutes then stood on the bus outside the plane with no communication.. on board and there’s no catering , the first officer and cabin crew had to go and find it due to a plane swap.”
Snow began falling in the early hours, and the scenes in parts of Bristol reveal at least half an inch of snow has pitched – and it’s still falling. However, some parts of the city only have sleet rather than snow.
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for snow on Saturday morning – with a four-hour flurry, followed by heavy rain to wash it all away.
The yellow weather warning covers Bristol, Bath and North Somerset, extending east into north and west Wiltshire, and the whole of Gloucestershire up towards Birmingham.
Forecasters are predicting that the snow won’t last. The hour-by-hour forecast has snow falling pretty consistently until 9am this morning, and then it will turn to drizzle and slowly turn into rain.
You can follow all of the snow updates here.
09:49Miles O’Leary
Bristol Airport latest
Bristol Airport officials have confirmed that there is no snow at the airport this morning and no cancellations or delays to flight operations
09:22Key Event
Flights are starting to take off now
The first flights that were originally scheduled to take off earlier this morning have taken off. The most recent three departures were the flights to Grenoble, Dublin and Geneva, and there appears to be only small delays now.
A flight to Amsterdam that was due to take off at 9am is still boarding, and flights to Milan and Chambery that should be departing now are also still boarding, but it appears Bristol Airport has caught up with itself and the earlier delays.
In terms of arrivals, all flights are coming in ok, apart from one that is late in from Amsterdam
08:32Emma Grimshaw
Delays to trains
Some services have also been delayed or cancelled at Bristol Temple Meads. The 8:03 service to Filton Abbey Wood has been cancelled.
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