— Heavy snowfall means the runway must be cleared regularly. During this time, planes waiting to land remain in the so-called holding company, i.e. they are circling over the city. Two scheduled planes of LOT Polish Airlines were directed to Poznań, Rudzki said.
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What flights were redirected to Poznań Airport?
Why are there delays in takeoffs at Chopin Airport?
What is the current rate of de-icing of aircraft?
What are the weather forecasts for Kittilae, Finland?
According to information provided to PAP by PLL LOT spokesman Krzysztof Moczulski, the machines will be refueled in Poznań and return with passengers to Chopin Airport. — Moreover, due to difficult weather conditions, the evening flight of the PLL LOT plane from Warsaw to Zielona Góra was canceled on Sunday, Moczulski said.
Passengers departing from Chopin Airport can expect delayed take-offs also due to the need to de-ice the planes. – De-icing the plane is a routine procedure carried out during snowfall or severe frost – said Piotr Rudzki from Chopin Airport.
He added that the so-called procedure lasting several minutes. de-icing, which involves removing snow and ice from the aircraft using a stream of hot glycol and water mixture, is not planned in the flight schedule, so its implementation automatically causes a delay.
Hard frost in Finland. The airport in Lapland is paralyzed
Thousands of tourists were stranded at Kittilae airport in northern Finland on Sunday after all flights were canceled due to severe frost. On Sunday morning, the temperature at the airport dropped to -37 degrees Celsius. Because it had been equally frosty over the last few days, the airport staff could not cope with de-icing the planes and carrying out other maintenance works.
According to forecasts, severe frosts will persist in Kittilae, a city located in the north of the country in Lapland, on Monday. Finnish meteorologists predict temperatures close to -40 degrees Celsius.
The AP agency emphasizes that Finns are accustomed to low temperatures in winter, but this year's frosts, which affected many regions of northern, central and eastern Europe, are more severe than in previous years.
