Travel misery 'to continue until Christmas

Travel misery will continue to blight the UK in the run up to Christmas, with Heathrow's woes looking far from over. Thousands of travellers trying to leave or return to the UK experienced another day of long queues and grim conditions on Monday at airports as the snow and ice wreaked havoc.

Transport minister Philip Hammond relaxed the rules on night flights in a bid to ease the passenger backlog at the west London airport - following airport operator BAA's confirmation that Heathrow's second runway will remain closed later. The big freeze has not only affected those trying to leave the UK by air. Eurostar passengers are also experiencing massive problems, some having to queue for more than seven hours to board a train at St Pancras. The UK's roads and rail network has also been badly hit. The AA said it had experienced the busiest day in its 105-year history on Monday. Giving a statement to the Commons, Mr Hammond said disruption was "inevitable" given the severity of the weather conditions and that the transport system would "struggle to recover" in the days leading up to Christmas with more poor weather expected. "The experience at airports, and Heathrow in particular, has however been different," the transport minister said. Sunday's whole-day closure at Heathrow and continued reduced capacity presents "a very real challenge from which the system will struggle to recover quickly" Mr Hammond said. BAA said that "significant cancellations" would extend into at least Wednesday morning, telling passengers to keep away from full terminals unless they knew for sure their flight was operating.

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