Storm Lilian has caused wide disruption to flights across the UK, with the fierce winds grounding many and delaying dozens. The storm, named by the Met Office on Thursday, was forecast to bring gusts of up to 80 miles per hour today, prompting travel disruption, flooding, power cuts and dangerous conditions near coastal areas. Passengers have been hit by the impact to airlines this morning, with British Airways services to and from Heathrow Airport this worst hit so far.
The Met office issued two new yellow weather warnings for rain in south-west Scotland and the Aberdeenshire coast from 9pm on Thursday to 9am Friday. The bank holiday weekend could not have got to a worse start for many, with large queues forming at Manchester Airport and Heathrow this morning. We have rounded up the worst of the disruption at the UK's largest airports this morning.
Have you been caught up in Storm Lilian travel chaos? Email webtravel@reachplc.com Airports Gatwick Airport Departure and arrival boards for Gatwick Airport shows dozens of flights are delayed flying into and out of the West Sussex airport, but none by more than an hour, with no cancellations yet this morning. Heathrow Airport Most Heathrow Airport flights are running as planned, but there have been some cancellations into and out of the travel hub due to Storm Lilian.
The British Airways 10.30am flight from Edinburgh has been grounded, as has the 10.40am from Paris.
So far, 14 Heathrow arrivals cancelled, 7 departures cancelled a.