Cape Town - Flights between Europe and South Africa seem to be unaffected by the poor weather conditions which has seen hundreds of flights cancelled across the European continent on Tuesday.
Snow and icy conditions forced the cancellation of more than 200 flights at Frankfurt International Airport, Europe's third-busiest, a spokesperson said.
"No expected flight delays as a result of weather problems in Europe have been reported to Acsa," the Airports Company of SA's spokesperson Solomon Makgale said in a text message to News24 on Tuesday.
South African Airways has two flights coming out of the German city on Tuesday, one at 20:45, the other at 22:40. Two flights are scheduled to fly into Frankfurt on Tuesday as well, at 19:50 and 20:20.
There is also one SAA flight from Frankfurt to Cape Town set to depart at 22:50. A Cape Town to Frankfurt flight is also scheduled at 19:05.
By mid-morning local time, a total of 128 arrivals and 80 departures had been cancelled, with many other flights experiencing significant delays, she said.
Virgin Airlines spokesperson Caron Parkinson said they also had two flights due to fly from Heathrow, in London, to Cape Town and Johannesburg at 20:35 and 19:25 respectively and both were ready to go.
A 21:45 plane from Johannesburg to London has also not been cancelled, Parkinson said.
Two people died in traffic chaos caused by the snowstorms in the UK, AFP reported.
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