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RELEASE TIME:2017-12-13

Due to the bad weather, please note that parcels to LHR EUEXP1(RM/EPB/EPH/PF) SFCQMES/SFCQMESR EUEXP1(HMS/HMS48)  EUEXP1(RMT48) will be affected.

 

According to foreign media reports, United Kingdom & Germany will be hit by strong snow since 10th, December, sea, land and air traffic will be broken down.

 

Since the weekends, United Kingdom already affected by the snowstorm, hundreds of flights canceled and delayed, Heathrow and other airports were highly affected. Heathrow airport is still open, but flights will be delay due to freeze sweeping. East Midlands airport closed for many hours, which caused to many flights delay, and also canceled some service like Jet2, Flybe & Ryanair. Those closed temporarily or canceled airports including Belfast International Airport,  Birmingham, Luton and Stansted Airport.

 

Frankfurt airport was forced to cancel over 330 flights, Düsseldorf International airport was closed for over 4 hours in the afternoon, many trains canceled or changed destination routes.

 

It was reported, UK already caused many traffic accidents due to the harsh weather, even ships got stranded. One ship with 309 passengers was stranded in Calais, the ship was draw to another side by outer force. Notice from UK national railway company, Welsh, Midlands, East Anglia, London, Chiltern railway net and southwest railway, these areas railway service will stop.

 

In addition, from England to Welsh, many areas was snowstorm, some areas snow depth over 30cm. Oxford, Berkshire and Wiltshire county over 24 thousand family were cut off, Welsh and southwest of England also have 2.9 thousand subscribers can’t supplied with electricity.

 

Big snow in west of Germany, over 330 flights were canceled till 5pm in Frankfurt airport, hundreds of flights were delayed, bulk of passengers stranded. Düsseldorf International airport was closed for over 4 hours in the afternoon, also many trains canceled or changed destination routes.

 

Moreover, due to storm and big snow, 32 provinces in France already started Orange alert mechanism.

 

It was reported, as well as the snowstorm in northern of Europe, Delta Air Lines also canceled about 625 flights of Atlanta in 8th,December. 3inches snow and freeze was caused by the strong snowstorm in related areas.

2017.12.13

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