BERLIN: Winter climate compelled many flight cancellations and delays on Friday (Feb 6) at Berlin’s worldwide airport, which struggled to clear runways and de-ice planes to restart regular air journey.
“We resumed flight operations shortly after midday. The primary plane are at the moment being de-iced,” a Berlin Brandenburg Airport spokeswoman informed AFP.
Passengers ought to however count on “vital delays and flight cancellations” after “freezing rain fell once more in a single day”, she added.
Solely a few quarter of Thursday’s flights have been capable of take off or land earlier than the airport was shut that night.
No sooner had the runways been cleared than extra freezing rains made them slippery once more, the spokeswoman mentioned.
“We’re doing all the things we will,” she added.
