Fog leaves thousands of holidaymakers stranded at Heathrow

London: Dense fog played spoilsport for the third consecutive day today, forcing cancellation of hundreds of fights at Heathrow and leaving thousands of holidaymakers stranded here but Air India flights, barring a few diversions, are flying on schedule.
Air India Regional Manager for UK and Ireland K D Row told PTI "all Air India flights are on schedule". He said yesterday the Toronto-Birmingham and Chicago-London -Mumbai flights were diverted to Paris but they returned here subsequently and operated normally.
Fog prompted air traffic controllers to scale back the pace of takeoffs and landings on December 20 at Heathrow, which is witnessing a heavy rush due to the holiday season, causing about 315 cancellations yesterday alone.
22/12/06 PTI/The Hindu

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