Europe’s snow cancels flights, Lady Gaga show

Europe's snow cancels flights _ and Lady Gaga show
PARIS - Heavy snow on Sunday shut down European airport runways, forced fast trains to slow down and left cars skidding through icy, slushy streets on a weekend where many people were trying to head home for the holidays. Travelers camped out at airports overnight. London's Heathrow Airport stopped accepting arrivals Sunday, causing havoc at the start of the Christmas travel rush. About 40 percent of flights were canceled at Frankfurt airport and Paris' Charles de Gaulle. In the French cap...

Winter disruptions turn travel bitter and chaotic...
LONDON – The Christmas travel season turned angry and chaotic Monday as British officials struggled to clear snow and ice that paralyzed rail and air links and spawned cancellations and delays stranding thousands around the world. More than 48 hours after Britain's last Snowfall, some furious passengers with boarding passes for Monday flights were not even allowed into London's Heathrow Airport. Inside, piles of garbage grew and some people slept on terminal floors. Other travelers waited ...

Snow luck for Lady Gaga as freeze cancels gig
Frosty reception ... Lady GaGa has been snowed out of Paris. Photo: Reuters Pop diva Lady GaGa was forced to cancel her Paris show and two of her tour staff were arrested as heavy snow blanketed the French capital at the weekend. In October, the singer's Concerts were postponed amid nationwide strikes over a government plan to raise the Retirement Age. One show was rescheduled for Sunday, but it was called off because ofthe weather. The icy conditions led authorities to ban big trucks from drivi...

Wintry Weather Causes Holiday Travel Havoc in Europe
Monday, December 20, 2010 Passengers, delayed by Bad Weather, wait in Terminal 3 at Heathrow Airport west of London on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori) London (AP) - Snow and freezing temperatures continued to cause holiday Travel Chaos for road, rail and air passengers in Britain and much of Europe Monday, raising fears that many will not get home in time for Christmas. Airlines said that Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, was the worst hit by the poor weather -- with only a ...

Snow causes travel chaos in Europe
BERLIN - Heavy snow and freezing temperatures caused Travel Chaos across Northern Europe on Friday, with hundreds of German flights cancelled and icy roads wreaking havoc in Poland and the Netherlands ahead of Christmas. A spokesman for Frankfurt airport operator Fraport said 400 of 1,400 scheduled flights had been cancelled at continental Europe’s busiest airport, even though Germany’s financial capital escaped the worst of the winter weather. Another 100 flights were cancelled in B...

Snow causes pre-Christmas travel chaos in Europe
BERLIN — Heavy overnight Snowfall disrupted Air Travel across Western Europe on Saturday, forcing hundreds of Flight Cancellations and leading to major delays in Germany, Britain, the Netherlands and Switzerland. Below's a round up of disruptions across the continent. Germany: It appeared the hardest hit by the snow, with more than 600 flights canceled, schools forced to close and highways clogged with traffic after scores of accidents that killed at least three people and injured do...

Snow causes pre-Christmas travel chaos in Europe
BERLIN (Reuters) - Heavy snow and freezing temperatures caused Travel Chaos across northern Europe on Friday, with hundreds of German flights cancelled and icy roads wreaking havoc in Poland and the Netherlands ahead of Christmas. A spokesman for Frankfurt airport operator Fraport (FRAG.DE) said 400 of 1,400 scheduled flights had been cancelled at continental Europe's busiest airport, even though Germany's financial capital escaped the worst of the winter weather. Another 100 flights were cancel...

Snow cancels Lady Gaga concert in Paris
Paris — Lady GaGa isn’t having much luck in Paris. In October, the pop diva’s Concerts in Paris were postponed amid nationwide strikes over a government plan to raise the Retirement Age. One show was rescheduled for Sunday, but it was called off because of snow. The weather led authorities to ban big trucks from driving through the Ile de France region that includes Paris. Lady Gaga’s trucks couldn’t get to the venue on time, concert venue Bercy stadium said on its...

Snow cancels Lady Gaga concert in Paris
PARIS--Lady Gaga isn't having much luck in Paris. In October, the pop diva's Concerts in Paris were postponed amid nationwide strikes over a government plan to raise the Retirement Age. One show was rescheduled for Sunday, but it was called off because of snow. The weather led authorities to ban big trucks from driving through the Ile de France region that includes Paris. Lady GaGa's trucks couldn't get to the venue on time, concert venue Bercy stadium said on its website. A concert Monday is e...

Snow, ice put travel at near standstill
American singer Lady GaGa perfoms at O2 Arena in London Dec. 16, 2010. UPI/Rune Hellestad LONDON, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Workers at Europe's major airports cleared snow and ice Monday while travelers scrambled to try to reach their destinations for Christmas. Airports in London, Paris and Germany reported canceling dozens of flights as Europe remained in winter's icy and snowy grip, CNN reported. U.S. singer Lady GaGa postponed a Sunday concert in Paris because her trucks couldn't get through. "Today'...

Record low temperatures hit Northern Ireland
© Rebekah Hall Further overnight snow continues to cause disruption across Northern Ireland. Temperatures in Northern Ireland plummeted to their lowest on record with -18C recorded at Castlederg, Co Tyrone last night. A further 10 to 15cms of snow fell in some areas and the freezing conditions have made roads hazardous. BBC weather presenter Angie Philips said temperatures would again remain low on Monday, with conditions on the roads "treacherous". "Temperatures will fall dramatically...

Delays until Christmas as snow returns to UK
Luggage at St Pancras. Air and Eurostar services have been hit by Bad Weather, and more delays are expected. Photograph: Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images Heathrow Airport could remain in a state of partial paralysis beyond Christmas, its owner admitted today, spelling misery for the tens of thousands of passengers who face the prospect of being stranded over the festive period. BAA said two-thirds of flights into and out of Britain's largest airport would be cancelled until at least Wednesday ...

BRITAIN CRAWLS TO A HALT...
National embarrassment deepened to abject humiliation last night as more than half a million Christmas travellers remained stranded in the UK. Major arterial roads and the Channel Rail Link ground to a standstill, unable to cope with drifting snow, Black Ice and "Refugees" from Heathrow. Temperatures were expected to drop to -13C last night and snow is expected across much of the country again today, particularly in southern England, Wales, the Midlands and Scotland. There is little prospect of ...

'Havoc' Continues In Europe As Snow Snarls Travel
Passengers wait for flights in the check-in area of London's Terminal 3 at Heathrow Airport on Dec. 20, 2010. The statue of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in London. The statue of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in London. There are "travelers" (a word that doesn't quite apply, as you'll see) who are about to spend a third night camped out in London's Heathrow airport because brutal winter weather across much of Europe continues to disrupt Air Travel. From London...

Winter disruptions turn travel bitter and chaotic in Europe
LONDON (AP) — The Christmas travel season turned angry and chaotic Monday as British officials struggled to clear snow and ice that paralyzed rail and air links and spawned cancellations and delays stranding thousands around the world. More than 48 hours after Britain's last Snowfall, some furious passengers with boarding passes for Monday flights were not even allowed into London's Heathrow Airport. Inside, piles of garbage grew and some people slept on terminal floors. Other travelers wai...

Big freeze causes holiday travel havoc in Europe
LONDON - Snow and freezing temperatures continued to cause holiday Travel Chaos for road, rail and air passengers in Britain and much of Europe Monday, raising fears that many will not get home in time for Christmas. Airlines said that Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, was the worst hit by the poor weather — with only a limited number of flights to arrive and depart. Hundreds of passengers camped overnight in terminal buildings after services were canceled or delayed. British Airwa...

Europe's Snow Cancels Flights, Lady Gaga
Like this Story? Share it: (AP) Heavy snow on Sunday shut down European airport runways, forced fast trains to slow down and left cars skidding through icy, slushy streets on a weekend where many people were trying to head home for the holidays. Travelers camped out at airports overnight. London's Heathrow Airport stopped accepting arrivals Sunday, causing havoc at the start of the Christmas travel rush. About 40 percent of flights were canceled at Frankfurt airport and Paris' Charles de Gaulle...

Snow cancels Lady Gaga concert in Paris
PARIS - Lady GaGa isn't having much luck in Paris. In October, the pop diva's Concerts in Paris were postponed amid nationwide strikes over a government plan to raise the Retirement Age. One show was rescheduled for Sunday, but it was called off because of snow. The weather led authorities to ban big trucks from driving through the Ile de France region that includes Paris. Lady Gaga's trucks couldn't get to the venue on time, concert venue Bercy stadium said on its Web site. A concert Mond...

Anger rises as travel havoc snarls Britain, Europe
LONDON — Frustrated travelers in Europe expressed fury Monday at transportation officials’ inability to clear snow and ice from planes, runways and high-speed train tracks, failings that have caused holiday Travel Chaos and fears that many will not get home in time for Christmas. The continent’s worst bottleneck was London’s Heathrow Airport, where thousands of travelers were stranded overnight as Flight Cancellations increased even as other major European airports resume...

Christmas getaway misery as snow stymies Europe
A couple walks on a bank of the River Seine in Paris. Two of the four runwa... Heavy snow disrupted the Christmas holiday getaway in Europe, forcing the continent's biggest airports to close and thousands of stranded passengers to spend the night on terminal floors. In London, Paris, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Brussels, flights were cancelled and airports warned of backlogs spilling into next week, with snow and ice frustrating travel plans across Europe on the last weekend before December 25. H...

Travel freeze: Your stories
Ice, snow and sub-zero temperatures in Northern Europe have disrupted travel, leaving Europe's busiest airport Heathrow, near London, all but closed. Flights were also cancelled on Monday in Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Brussels and seven in ten services were running at the two main Paris airports. Here, stranded passengers describe their ordeals. "Me and my friend are stuck in Moscow without a visa. This was supposed to be a two-hour stop over for an Aeroflot flight to Heathrow. We are b...

Snow causes pre-Christmas travel chaos in Europe
Source: MSNBC Travel mess includes 300 miles of Traffic Jams in Netherlands Berlin — Heavy overnight Snowfall disrupted Air Travel across Western Europe on Saturday, forcing hundreds of Flight Cancellations and leading to major delays in Germany, Britain, the Netherlands and Switzerland. Germany: It appeared the hardest hit by the snow, with more than 600 flights canceled, schools forced to close and highways clogged with traffic after scores of accidents that killed at least three people and ...

Cold weather snarls European travel
Erik Kirschbaum, Reuters · Monday, Dec. 20, 2010 Berlin, Dec 20 — Heavy snow and frigid temperatures caused further disruption across Northern Europe on Monday — stranding travellers, snarling traffic and shutting schools. More than 1,000 flights at Germany’s main airports in Frankfurt, Munich and Berlin were cancelled and many more delayed after up to 40 centimetres of fresh snow blanketed the country. Some 500 stranded passengers slept on cots at Frankfurt airport. Airli...

Snow stops Lady Gaga's Paris gig
The second October concert, rescheduled for Monday, was expected to go on as planned. "I am furious and devastated, its unfair to my fans and to me," the BBC said Lady GaGa wrote via Twitter about Sunday's cancellation. Los Angeles, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Josh and Zac Farro, two of the founding members of Paramore, have left the U.S. rock band to work on other projects, the group announced on its Web site. 'Collide' is 'Christmas No. 1' song Seattle, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- The number of young girls invo...

Snow and ice disrupt pre-Christmas travel in Europe
London (Reuters) - Europe saw little respite on Sunday from the Arctic conditions that closed airports and disrupted travel over the weekend before Christmas, traditionally one of the busiest times of the year. London's Heathrow, the world's busiest International Airport, which was forced to close both its runways for much of Saturday because of heavy snow, was not accepting inbound flights on Sunday and said only a few planes would be leaving. About 30 metric tons of snow were being shifted aw...