More than 100 flights to Heathrow Airport on Monday cancelled because of Queen’s funeral: Report

More than 100 flights to London’s busy Heathrow Airport will probably be cancelled on Monday “to avoid noise” throughout Queen Elizabeth’s funeral, in response to a media report on Thursday.

The west London airport introduced that 15 per cent of its 12,000 flights because of take off or land on Monday, September 19 will probably be disrupted, Sky News reported.

British Airways – the most-affected airline – will cancel 100 short-haul flights because of the restrictions, the report mentioned.

Earlier, Heathrow mentioned it needs to make sure the skies over London will probably be quiet through the two-minute nationwide silence because the Queen’s funeral at Westminster Abbey nears its finish shortly earlier than midday.

No flights will probably be allowed to take off or land from quarter-hour earlier than the silence begins till quarter-hour after it ends.

Departures and arrivals will even be halted through the arrival of the funeral cortege and procession at Windsor Castle, and diverted across the fortress through the personal household service on Monday night time.

A Heathrow spokesman mentioned: “Heathrow, Nats (the air site visitors management supplier) and airways are supporting the ceremonial facets for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral at Westminster Abbey and the committal service at Windsor Castle on Monday.

“As a mark of respect, operations to and from the airport will be subject to appropriate changes in order to avoid noise disruption at certain locations at specific times on Monday,” the spokesman was quoted as saying.

Some flights out and in of Heathrow Airport have been disrupted on Wednesday afternoon with a purpose to guarantee silence over central London through the procession transporting the Queen’s coffin to Westminster Hall.

On Wednesday, the BBC reported that non-standard plane, together with drones flying under 2,500ft (760m), are banned from flying over central London till after the funeral on September 19.

In a tweet, the Metropolitan Police confirmed it will “take enforcement action against anyone using a drone without permission”.

There will probably be a further central London and Windsor restriction issued in the end, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) mentioned.

Queen Elizabeth II died aged 96 at her Balmoral Castle summer season residence in Scotland on September 8.