[AMcWhirter]

This evening Istanbul airport has tweeted the news that its has been badly affected because of heavy snowfall.

Worryingly there have been cases where passengers have been or are still stranded on board aircraft.

Evacuations of stranded passengers are continuing.

https://twitter.com/igairport/status/1485696491779989518/photo/2

France’s @airplusnews has provided a clip of the scene at the airport.

🇹🇷 L'aéroport international d'Istanbul, l'un des principaux d'Europe, a suspendu ses opérations lundi en raison d'abondantes chutes de neige, ont annoncé les autorités turques.

pic.twitter.com/KYJbAW3n2B

— air plus news (@airplusnews) January 24, 2022

[Tom Otley]

Disruption in Greece and at Athens airport as well

VIDEO: Freezing weather across southeastern Europe covers Greece's ancient monuments in snow and halts flights at Turkey's largest airport. By @ElenaBec

Full story: https://t.co/bxm1foJWPS pic.twitter.com/qzOE6deHlM

— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) January 24, 2022

[AMcWhirter]

This tweet from the airport shows the situation a short time ago.

Snow accumulation, which is measured as 41 cm on the apron, runway and taxiway is being cleared by our team with 500 personnel and 180 snow removal vehicles, to prepare our airport for starting operations at full speed. pic.twitter.com/3oE0osl9bK

— İGA Istanbul Airport (@igairport) January 25, 2022

The snow was so heavy that the roof of a cargo hangar collapsed during the night.

🇹🇷 L’aéroport d’Istanbul est toujours paralysé par les fortes chutes de neige.

▫️Le toit d’un hangar de la zone cargo s’est effondré dans la nuit, sous le poids de la neige.

▫️Les vols sont toujours annulés jusqu’à la mi journée minimum.pic.twitter.com/cqEp8tKjKJ

— air plus news (@airplusnews) January 25, 2022

[Poshgirl58]

Where’s Joe Petroni when you need him?!

(Tweet courtesy of @SteffenA380 earlier today)

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[Tom Otley]

That is astonishing – and presumably that was a reasonably new building. I hope no one was hurt

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[jjlasne]

Did the Athens airport stop operations or was it in better shape than the Istanbul one?

[Tom Otley]

There were lots of cancelled flights but I don’t think it completely stopped operations.

At one point it was also acting as an emergency shelter for people who had become stranded on the ring road around Athens.

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[AMcWhirter]

Hello jjlasne- I don’t know now about the airport situation but this report dated January 26 reveals the extent of the traffic disruption.

https://www.euronews.com/2022/01/26/greek-prime-minister-apologises-after-heavy-snowfall-strands-hundreds-of-vehicles?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1643210141-1

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[EU_Flyer]

As a resident of Athens, i can attest it was extraordinary how extreme the weather was for a few days in all parts of Athens. Even the islands were covered in snow. 2 weeks later, there is still snow about.

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