At the very least 100 British Airways flights and 4 Virgin Atlantic flights have been cancelled at Heathrow Airport in London to ‘guarantee skies are quiet’ throughout Queen Elizabeth’s funeral on Monday 19 September.
Heathrow Airport has stated different flights may also be delayed for quarter-hour earlier than and after the two-minute silence on the finish of the funeral. ‘As a mark of respect, operations to and from the airport might be topic to applicable modifications so as to keep away from noise disruption at sure places at particular occasions on Monday.’
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‘Passengers affected by these modifications might be contacted immediately by their airways about their journey plans and the choices out there to them. Passengers who’ve been notified that their flight has been cancelled, and/or would not have a confirmed seat on a flight, mustn’t flip up on the airport,’ administration stated.