It is possible that the airline industry may face a £10 million loss due to snow amounting to more than the country has seen in 18 years. The record-breaking snowfall brought chaos to London Airports, canceling many flights and disrupting rail, road, and other public forms of transportation.

One incident came when a Cyprus Airways flight slipped off the London Heathrow Airport taxiway when it landed yesterday morning on its way to Terminal 1. The flight was the last to land just before the airport closed both runways due to the snow and ice. No passengers were reported to be hurt, and a spokesperson for the British Airports Authority said that the aircraft landed in the grass and was being taken out. The spokesman also said that London Heathrow Airport was using many of their 58 snow blowers, snow ploughs, and other vehicles in their fleet while they fought to reopen.

A spokesman for British Airways said that operations at airports across the United Kingdom were being disrupted severely. Airports included in this are: London Heathrow, Stansted, Luton, Gatwick, Southampton, and London City. He said that as a result they had to cancel every flight from Heathrow until 5pm, advising passengers not to come to the airport before then. The spokesman added that flights arriving at the airport were either being canceled or diverted to other airports.

Aside from this snow, another weather movement from France is to hit the United Kingdom with more winter storms. Snow is expected to fall throughout the country until Friday.