thousands of people face further disruption to their travel plans as servere weather has gripped much of northern europe and the forecast for the next few days warns of more snow and icy conditions.
passengers spent another night stranded at heathrow airport after all short and long haul flights were grounded.
a spokesman at heathrow apologized after criticism had been made by the european transport commissioner that the airport had not done enough to ensure that flights could continue taking off and landing as normal in this weather.
these are conditions that you see only once in a lifetime.
passengers should not travel to the airport unless the airline has confirmed the booking.
if the flight is cancelled, our advice is to stay at home and not to camp out in the terminal.
around 1,000 flights were cancelled across the continent and many more delayed.
in france, there were serious delays at Roissy and Orly after a blizzard and freezing fog prevented all planes from taking off.
much of the road network has also been affected by the extreme weather conditions with motorways blocked with traffic because of snow and black ice, forcing hundreds of people to spend the night in their vehicles.