A string of flights from Leeds Bradford Airport have been delayed over the last few days while Eurostar trains were suspended for a third day.

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Hundreds of people were stranded overnight at Manchester Airport when flights were suspended due to heavy snowfall.

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The big freeze has also disrupted flights to and from the US because of heavy snow there.

On Friday about 200 passengers were stranded at Leeds Bradford Airport for nearly seven hours as they waited for their aircraft to be de-iced.
Families planning Christmas breaks in Tenerife boarded the Jet2 plane at about 8.15am ready for a scheduled take-off but were still waiting at 2.30pm.

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Four international flights were delayed from Leeds Bradford Airport by up to two and a half hours on Sunday but one Thomas Cook flight to Tenerife was delayed by 21 hours.

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Fuming passengers were left stranded on the plane for four hours after it failed to take off from the runway due to bad weather.

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They were then put up in a city hotel for the night before being taken back to the airport where they waited for a further four hours.
The plane had been scheduled to jet to Tenerife at 4.10pm on Sunday but didn't take off until 1.30pm the next day.

Jenny Hodgson, 54, of Bingley, was due to jet out with her family for a week.

Speaking from the airport, Mrs Hodgson told the YEP: "We've been brought back to the airport, checked in and told we could go on the flight but we are still waiting. We don't know anything, there's no information, nothing."

Mrs Hodgson said most people were frustrated at the lack of information.

"It was so disorganised. The service has been appalling. We just didn't know what was going on. There was no communication. "

A spokesperson for Thomas Cook said: "We're really sorry that due to the bad weather conditions TCX229K flight from Leeds Bradford to Tenerife was not able to depart as planned. There was heavy snowfall at the time of boarding and as a result the airport authorities closed the runway in order to have it cleared. Although the runway was reopened it was not cleared sufficiently for us to depart safely."

Another passenger had to abandon her planned mini-break to Dusseldorf, Germany, after her flight from Leeds-Bradford Airport was cancelled due to bad weather.

The traveller, who didn't want to be named, said they were told about the cancellation two hours after the scheduled take-off on Sunday evening.

She said Jet2.com staff told her everything was "fine" with the flight as she checked in - but she later heard through a German passenger that Dusseldorf Airport had closed several hours earlier.

She and her daughter have now scrapped their three-day Christmas break after securing a refund on the outbound flight and hotels.

She told the YEP: "It was like they were playing a waiting game, like poker. Who was going to give up first, the passengers or the airline?

"I asked them at check-in if there were any problems, and they said they weren't. Then later on, we found out that Dusseldorf Airport had closed due to the bad weather several hours before we checked in. The staff should have been more efficient."

Weather forecasters predict that the cold snap will continue for the next few days.

Tony Hallwood, commercial director of Leeds Bradford Airport said they were working hard to ensure there is minimal disruption to passengers, adding: "We would advise passengers to refer to their airline carrier for the latest travel information."