Loganair Inverness to Birmingham flight grounded amid Storm Gerrit chaos
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Loganair’s Inverness to Birmingham flight this evening has been cancelled amid storm force winds.
The Scottish airline had to ground the LM582 17:40 service to the Midlands amid wider travel chaos brought about by Storm Gerrit.
Most flights to and from Inverness Airport today survived the weather and Loganair said they hoped to deliver a full schedule of flights tomorrow (Thursday) with some extra services laid on.
Remaining evening Inverness Airport departures to Manchester and London Luton are currently listed as being on time, as are remaining arrivals from Luton, Gatwick, Manchester and Birmingham.
A spokesman for the firm said: “Storm Gerrit is causing significant disruption to Loganair’s route network, with services to and from the Scottish islands and other flights to and from Aberdeen, Inverness and Isle of Man particularly affected by storm force winds and localised flooding.
“If you are booked to travel with us today, please do check our website for the latest status of your flight before setting off for the airport.
“Weather conditions are forecast to lessen overnight and we are aiming to deliver a full schedule of services for Thursday 28 December.
“In addition, we have added extra services on the following routes to help customers unable to travel today to replan their journeys.”
These are listed as:
Inverness-Manchester-Inverness
Glasgow-Benbecula-Glasgow for Benbecula & Barra
Glasgow-Stornoway-Glasgow
Aberdeen-Esbjerg-Aberdeen
Isle of Man-Manchester-Isle of Man
The spokesman added: “Our Customer Help Centre and airport customer service teams will be able to assist with rebooking onto these newly-created flights should your journey today have been interrupted by the weather.
“Seat availability on existing flights to and from Orkney and Shetland tomorrow is expected to meet demand for customers unable to travel today due to disruption.
“But as with all situations, this is under continual review as we work to help our customers reach their destinations as soon as safely practicable despite the prevailing weather conditions.”
