More flights cancelled after fog

Thousands of Christmas travellers have been affected by the delays

Nineteen flights from Scottish airports have been cancelled, after three days of freezing fog caused misery for Christmas air passengers.

Seven flights have been cancelled at Glasgow Airport, seven from Edinburgh and five from Aberdeen. Eleven of the flights were bound for Heathrow.

However, problems at UK airports which have affected thousands of Scottish travellers are expected to ease.

Passengers have been told to check with carriers before heading to the airport.

Flights in and out of Heathrow are slowly returning to normal, despite the cancellation of 74 services.

Our advice to anyone travelling south over the next few days remains the same: check with your airline before you leave home British Airways spokesman

The worst affected airline, British Airways, plans to start domestic flights to and from Heathrow from midday, and hopes to operate 95% of its services through the day.

But many travellers are still having to use makeshift tents or queue outside before they are allowed to check in.

More than 1,000 flights have been cancelled in recent days because of the weather.

On Friday, about 53 flights were cancelled from Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen, mainly to Healthrow and Gatwick.

But flights to Bristol, Cardiff, Birmingham, Norwich, Southampton, Leeds/Bradford, Nottingham and Campbeltown were also hit.

Full service

It is thought at least 5,000 passengers were affected by Friday's cancellations at Scottish airports.

The day was expected to be the busiest before Christmas, with 81,000 passengers across operator BAA's three Scottish Airports.

A further 213,000 travellers are expected to pass through in the lead up to Hogmanay.

A spokesman for British Airways said: "Our advice to anyone travelling south over the next few days remains the same: check with your airline before you leave home."

A full Heathrow service is expected to run on Christmas Eve.