Glasgow Airport suspends all flights amid snow and ice alert over Scotland

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Snow and ice across much of Scotland has caused widespread disruption to travel on Saturday morning.

Glasgow Airport suspended all flights with the city waking to a blanket of snowfall. Having cleared the runway, planes were able to resume taking off again shortly before 10.30am.

It comes as the Met Office has issued yellow warnings through Saturday morning for the northern coast and southwest of Scotland.

The areas with the most snow were Aviemore in Inverness-shire with 5cm.

Forecasters warn the snowy conditions could affect some roads and railways, while there is an increased risk of injury from icy surfaces.

The mercury plunged to minus 11C in some places overnight.

Coldest spots in Scotland overnight

Vehicles travel along near the A939 near to the Lecht as the freezing temperatures continue.

Aviemore -11c
Tulloch Bridge -10.7c
Altnaharra -10.5c
Dalwhinnie -10.5c

Flight operations are currently suspended due to heavier than forecast snow. Our winter teams have been working through the night and we hope to resume operations as soon as possible. Please check with your airline for further flight updates.
— Glasgow Airport ✈️ (@GLA_Airport) December 2, 2023

Temperatures are tipped to continue to fall over the weekend, with several sporting events cancelled amid snowfall and icy conditions.

A vehicle has collided with a British Airways plane at Aberdeen Airport, leaving passengers delayed.

BA flight 1305 to London Heathrow was supposed to depart at 8.55am on Saturday but investigations are under way after the incident.

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BA flight 1305 from Aberdeen to London Heathrow was due to depart at 8.55am on Saturday.

Earlier on Saturday, Glasgow Airport suspended all flights temporarily, owing to snow in the area.

A post from the travel hub on X, formerly Twitter, said: “Flight operations are currently suspended due to heavier than forecast snow.

🌡️ Temperatures are already close to, if not below, 0 °C across much of the UK

📉 It will continue to get colder overnight, perhaps as low as -10 °C in parts of Scotland pic.twitter.com/mDcp0BrsN9
— Met Office (@metoffice) December 1, 2023

“Our winter teams have been working through the night and we hope to resume operations as soon as possible.

“Please check with your airline for further flight updates.”

Shortly before 10.30am, the airport confirmed the runway had been cleared and flight schedules were resuming.

Glasgow & West

Flights resume at Glasgow Airport after snow and ice forces cancellations

Teams at one of the UK’s busiest airports worked through the night to clear the tarmac but planes were unable to take off on Saturday morning.

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There was disruption to trains in the west of Scotland, with operator ScotRail posting: “The snow is affecting some signalling systems and staff are working as quickly as possible to rectify these just now.”

A number of Scottish Professional Football League matches have been postponed including Livingston v Ross County and Dundee United’s trip to face Morton – read more here.