Heathrow Officials said flights were canceled to ensure the air was silent for Queen Elizabeth’s funeral.
Heathrow Airport , known this year forplenty of travel disruptions , and British Airways , an airline that has alreadycanceled thousands of flights this winter , announced extra disruption and cancellation on September 14 and again on September 19 . This time , it was n’t due to staff shortages or unexpected weather . Instead , it was to ensure no air - traffic noise interfered with Queen Elizabeth ’s funeral forward motion in Central London .
The ceremonial procession takes piazza between Buckingham Palace and Westminster Hall . The Queen laid in res publica at Westminster Hall until Monday , when the funeral pass off . harmonize to theWall Street Journal , kerfuffle to trajectory schedule at Heathrow were schedule to continue on Monday . consort toBerkshire Live , the stick with make it and go flights were canceled on Monday while the Queen ’s funeral was afoot .
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British Airways scratch eight set out flights from Heathrow on Friday , accord toThe Independent . An additional eight flights were canceled from other airport . The Central Aviation Agencyin the UK annunciate on September 13 that vaporize regulations would be in place through September 19 .
" As part of the overall security arrangements succeed the destruction of Her Majesty The Queen , the Secretary of State for Transport has introduce Restriction of Flying Regulations under Article 239 of the Air Navigation Order 2016 , " thewebsite stated . " Two restrictions have been published so far . There will be an extra primal London and Windsor limitation issued in due course . All confinement also employ to drones . "
So if you have travel plans in or through London , you might want to factor in in these additional delays and cancellation .
