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Storm Éowyn causes over a thousand flight cancellations across UK and Ireland

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Storm Éowyn causes over a thousand flight cancellations across UK and Ireland
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Storm Éowyn has significantly disrupted travel across the United Kingdom and Ireland, causing the cancellation of over 1,000 flights on January 24. The aviation analytics company Cirium reported that by 10:00 local time (UTC +0), a total of 1,070 flights from UK and Irish airports were canceled. This figure represents about 20% of the scheduled flights for that day, with numbers subject to change as the situation develops.

In the UK alone, 402 departing flights and 399 arriving flights were canceled, impacting major airports such as Aberdeen Airport (ABZ), Belfast International Airport (BFS), Edinburgh Airport (EDI), Glasgow Airport (GLA), and London Heathrow Airport (LHR). In Ireland, Dublin Airport (DUB) faced the most significant disruptions with 119 departures and 109 arrivals canceled. Overall in Ireland, airlines had to cancel 141 departures and 127 arrivals.

Cirium's data also showed that on January 24, there were originally plans for a total of 2,832 flights to depart from both countries. British Airways, easyJet, and Ryanair led in scheduled departures in the UK while Aer Lingus and Ryanair had over 100 planned departures in Ireland. British Airways maintained its presence with several flights departing Dublin towards London destinations.

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Looking ahead to January 25, flight activity is expected to reduce slightly with around 2,380 departures anticipated from both regions. The UK's Met Office predicts that Storm Éowyn will continue to impact much of the country on January 24 but should weaken by Saturday. Paul Gundersen from the Met Office emphasized the severity of this storm by noting it warranted Red Warnings due to potential life-endangering conditions particularly affecting Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland.

Meanwhile, Met Éireann issued warnings ranging from red to yellow across Ireland for January 24. These warnings are set to shift primarily to yellow alerts for snow and ice in various areas by January 25.

An update at 13:00 indicated that flight cancellations rose further to a total of 1,124 between both nations.

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