Hundreds of flights were grounded in Germany on Wednesday due to heavy snow and freezing rain. That included Frankfurt, one of Europe’s busiest airports, where no flights took off at midday as arctic air rushed across the continent.
About 700 of the 1,030 scheduled departures from Frankfort were canceled Wednesday due to the weather, said airport spokesman Dieter Hulick. The airport had expected about 115,000 passengers on Wednesday. The airport said weather-related disruptions would continue Thursday and advised passengers to check flight status and not to go to the airport if their flight is cancelled.
“What we’ve been seeing over the past few hours is freezing rain, which has created a layer of ice on the surface, which has caused the de-icing crews to stop de-icing operations,” Hugh said. Rick said. “There will be no take-off.”
Departures then resumed in the early evening after the “intensity of the cold rain” subsided, Hulick said.
In Norway, Oslo Airport was closed early in the morning due to heavy snow, an airport spokeswoman said. The airport reopened by mid-afternoon.
Northern Europe has been experiencing frigid temperatures this week. More than 100 schools in England were closed and delays were caused by the bad weather.And the plane to Amsterdam skidded. Runway Wednesday at Gothenburg Landvetter Airport in Sweden during a snowstorm. No serious injuries were reported.
The German weather service has issued a black ice warning for much of the southern half of Germany on Wednesday and Thursday due to snow, freezing rain and low temperatures. Heavy snow warnings have been issued for some areas in central Japan.
Flight cancellations spread across Germany on Wednesday. Airlines canceled hundreds of flights to and from Munich Airport on Wednesday morning, about a third of all flights, the airport said in a statement. Last month, the airport was closed due to heavy snowfall. Saarbrücken Airport, a small international airport on the country’s western border, suspended all operations on Wednesday. Website Said.
Some train services were also suspended due to the winter weather. This was announced by Deutsche Bahn, the German national railway operator. statement The maximum speed of high-speed ICE trains was limited to 200 km/h (125 mph), up from the usual 300 km/h.
Dozens of school districts in Bavaria also canceled classes or switched to remote learning on Wednesday, according to state officials. Ministry of Culture.