Travellers stranded as icy conditions close airports across central Europe
Vienna Airport temporarily closed due to ice on runway
- Several airports across Central Europe, including Budapest, Vienna, Prague, and Bratislava, have experienced temporary closures or significant disruptions due to severe icy weather conditions.
- Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport announced a temporary closure on Tuesday due to black ice and extreme icing, which also caused an Ethiopian Airlines cargo flight to slip off a taxiway.
- Vienna International Airport resumed operations after a temporary closure, while Prague's Vaclav Havel Airport operated in a ”very limited mode” due to freezing rain.
- Further north, thousands of travellers were left stranded in Finland over the weekend after extreme cold, reaching minus 37C, led to flight cancellations at Kittilä airport.
- The widespread disruptions are part of a more severe cold snap affecting large parts of northern, central, and eastern Europe this winter.