Fog settling in the area Wednesday evening caused cancellations and delays at Chicago’s airports.Midway and O’Hare reported more than 50 flight cancellations each, as well as delays of 30 minutes to an hour. Delay times were expected to increase throughout the evening.Earlier Wednesday, the... 

There were only a couple of hours of dense fog at IGI airport on Tuesday but low visibility procedures had to be implemented for practically the entire day as visibility hovered at CAT-I levels. About 100 flights were delayed, though none were cancelled or diverted for the first time in four days, as... 

Flights in Europe are almost back to normal after air passengers spent the night at airports in Paris and Brussels because of the freezing weather that disrupted Christmas travel.The BBC reports about 200 people spent Friday night at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, where 400 flights were cancelled. Airport... 

Thai Airways will increase domestic flight frequencies in order to meet passenger travel demands over the New Year from December 30, 2010 to January 2, 2011.Piyasvasti Amranand, president of Thai, said that Thai would increase domestic flight frequencies to and from Chiang Mai and Krabi, from December... 

Authorities cancelled about 300 flights at Germany’s main airport at Frankfurt Monday and expected more snow, an airport spokeswoman said, a day after hundreds of other flights were scrapped.The runways are open and the snow is not falling for the moment. But we expect snowfalls of one to three... 

Airport authorities cancelled roughly 300 flights in Frankfurt, Germany’s major airport. Weather conditions do not seem to be improving and more snowfalls are forecast. On Sunday, approximately half of the 1,329 scheduled flights remained on the ground, especially because numerous other European... 

Big  delays in air traffic from Paris should be expected all day Monday due to snowfall, Air France-KLM (AF.FR) said in an emailed statement.In a separate statement, Paris region airport operator Aeroports de Paris (ADP.FR) said it didn’t expect any flights to land at the Orly airport before the... 

Finnair today added extra flight departures to Seoul, South Korea.Flights will be added to Seoul on Mondays and Tuesdays, making a total of six weekly departures during the winter season.Our Asian strategy is working very well and is creating many opportunities for us. Due to growing demand, we are expanding... 

After the primer on what to do when flights cancel or delay because of weather and European passenger rights, am linking to some of the major airlines, and their policies, for dealing with the current stormy, wintry weather hitting many parts of Europe. The policies vary considerably by airline, so I... 

Changi Airport Group has said no flights from London will be arriving in Singapore on Sunday.It said all flights scheduled to arrive in Singapore from London on Sunday have either been cancelled or retimed to Monday due to the snowstorm in the UK.It added that all six arriving flights have been affected,...