For a third weekend in a row, thousands of airline passengers woke up where they did not intend to be after large-scale flight cancellations due to bad weather. The Independent calculates that at least 150 flights to, from and within the UK were grounded on Sunday 5 January alone because of heavy snow and high winds.
With few alternative departures available, it is likely that 20,000 passengers were stranded – both in the UK and abroad – because their flights were cancelled or diverted.
