Flights between Florida and the UK have been cancelled as america gears up for the onslaught of Hurricane Milton. The storm is ready to hit Florida’s west coast late Wednesday or early Thursday, bringing tropical drive winds and torrential rain.
Virgin, TUI and British Airways are reportedly among the many airways affected by this ‘life-threatening storm surge’, whereas Orlando Worldwide Airport mentioned it will stop industrial passenger operations at 8am on Wednesday, in keeping with SomersetLive.
The UK’s Overseas, Commonwealth and Growth Workplace (FCDO) has additionally urged all vacationers to watch approaching storms on the US Nationwide Hurricane Centre web site and observe directions from native authorities, together with evacuation orders.
A spokesperson added: “We’re intently monitoring the event of Hurricane Milton in direction of america. We urge all British nationals in Florida or travelling to the area to observe journey recommendation and steerage from native authorities.”
However for these questioning what particular flights and flight paths are affected, The Categorical has compiled a full checklist under.
Virgin Atlantic flights
Manchester Night Information reviews that Virgin Atlantic has been pressured to cancel flights on Tuesday, October 8; Wednesday October 9 and Thursday October 10 between London Heathrow, Manchester, Orlando and Tampa airports.
These are listed under:
Tuesday 08 October 2024
VS129 – London Heathrow to Tampa
VS130 – Tampa to London Heathrow
Wednesday 09 October 2024
VS129 – London Heathrow to Tampa
VS130 – Tampa to London Heathrow
VS074 – Orlando to Manchester
VS075 – Manchester to Orlando
VS076 – Orlando to Manchester
VS091 – London Heathrow to Orlando
VS092 – Orlando to London Heathrow
VS135 – London Heathrow to Orlando
VS136 – Orlando to London Heathrow
VS225 – Edinburgh – Orlando has been delayed by 23 hours and can now function on Thursday tenth October.
Thursday 10 October 2024
VS129 – London Heathrow to Tampa
VS130 – Tampa to London Heathrow
VS073 – Manchester to Orlando
VS074 – Orlando to Manchester
VS075 – Manchester to Orlando
VS076 – Orlando to Manchester
VS091 – London Heathrow to Orlando
VS092 – Orlando to London Heathrow
VS135 – London Heathrow to Orlando
VS136 – Orlando to London Heathrow
VS225 – Edinburgh – Orlando has been delayed by an additional 23 hours and can now function on Friday 11 October.
In a press release, the airline provides: “Attributable to hostile climate situations anticipated to be brought on by Hurricane Milton, a state of emergency has been declared in Florida. Sadly this has impacted our flying schedule, and providers to and from Orlando and Tampa are topic to cancellations and delays.
“The security and luxury of our clients and crew is our high precedence and we’re contacting any Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Atlantic Vacation clients who could also be impacted by the hurricane to debate their choices. We ask that anybody travelling checks the standing of their flights on virginatlantic.com for the most recent data. We’d prefer to thank our clients for his or her persistence as we work via the affect of Hurricane Milton.”
Virgin Atlantic additionally pressured that it’s going to ‘discover all choices’ to help impacted clients. The assertion continued: “We’re working onerous to rebook clients onto different flights nonetheless because of restricted availability, new flights will depart on a distinct date, might contain journey through a connecting airport or depart/arrive at an alternate airport.
“Prospects who now not want to journey might be entitled to a refund, and may request this right here.”
TUI flights
TUI flights to Florida’s Melbourne Worldwide Airport are anticipated to be ‘extraordinarily disrupted’ within the midst of Hurricane Milton. In a press release, the airline warned that its ‘TOM070’ flight from London Gatwick Airport to Melbourne Worldwide Airport had been cancelled right this moment and clients had been contacted instantly ‘to debate their choices’.
Two others scheduled for tomorrow (October 10) may also ‘not function as deliberate’. TUI defined: “We intend to delay these flights for no less than 24 hours and function them on Friday 11 October. We are going to keep in touch with clients instantly to substantiate their new flight instances.”
The flights affected by this embrace:
Thursday 10 October 2024
TOM742 – Glasgow Airport to Melbourne Worldwide Airport
TOM 664 – Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Worldwide Airport
TUI’s assertion provides: “The security of our clients is our high precedence, and we’re intently monitoring the trail of Hurricane Milton which is forecast to be a storm of serious energy and cross over Florida from Wednesday.”
British Airways
The Solar claims that a number of British Airways flights have additionally been affected by the storm. At this time, this reportedly consists of the next:
Wednesday 9 October 2024
BA 2167 – London Gatwick to Tampa
BA 2037 – London Gatwick to Orlando
BA 2039 – London Gatwick to Orlando
A spokesperson additionally instructed The Categorical: “Security is all the time our highest precedence and we proceed to watch the state of affairs intently. As with different airways, we’re adjusting our flight schedules the place airport closures happen and offering any affected clients with alternate options, together with flight rebooking choices or full refunds.”
It is understood that BA travellers affected by the storm might be provided further flexibility to journey at a later date for no additional value.