UK and Irish passengers are facing a barrage of flight cancellations after a Siberian snowstorm started sweeping the country.

The “Beast from the East” has brought heavy snow to the UK – with British Airways announcing that 54 flights have been cancelled across the UK and Ireland, including 36 from Heathrow alone.

Cancellations include services to Los Angeles and New York from Heathrow due to the weather.

Flights from Gatwick to Vienna and Jersey have also been cancelled.

Flights into Heathrow from cities including Newcastle and Dublin have been cancelled too.

A number of other airlines have announced cancellations out of Heathrow.

These include American Airlines, Iberia Airlines, Japan Airlines and Aer Lingus.

The cancelled flights from Heathrow on these airlines are to destinations across Europe as well as the UK and look set to rise.

Destinations affected by cancelled flights out of Heathrow on these airlines include Munich, Stockholm, Brussels, Frankfurt and Geneva.

If you're meant to be flying today or in the next few days it's best to check directly with the airline you're flying with as to whether you'll face a cancellation or severe delay.

A statement from BA reads: “We are sorry that the weather is likely to lead to some delays and disruption to our schedules.

“We have proactively cancelled some services and will be re-booking customers on to alternative flights or offering them a full refund if they no longer wish to travel.

“We are sorry for the disruption to your travel plans and are doing all we can to minimise the effect the poor weather is having on flights.”

BA FLIGHTS CANCELLED FROM HEATHROW

10:35am BA0283 Los Angeles (LAX)

10:45am BA926 Munich (MUC)

11:20am BA0173 New York (JFK)

11:35am BA904 Frankfurt (FRA)

11:35am BA974 Hamburg (HAM)

11:45am BA308 Paris (CDG)

11:45am BA562 Milan (LIN)

11:50am BA754 Basel (BSL)

12:10pm BA1308 Aberdeen (ABZ)

12:15pm BA1332 Newcastle (NCL)

12:20pm BA1342 Leeds (LBA)

12:50pm BA438 Amsterdam (AMS)

1:00pm BA716 Zurich (ZRH)

1:25pm BA780 Stockholm (ARN)

1:30pm BA402 Brussels (BRU)

1:35pm BA836 Dublin (DUB)

2:00pm BA722 Geneva (GVA)

2:10pm BA954 Munich (MUC)

2:10pm BA908 Frankfurt (FRA)

2:10pm BA1448 Edinburgh (EDI)

3:00pm BA734 Geneva (GVA)

3:10pm BA1486 Glasgow (GLA)

3:15pm BA1396 Manchester (MAN)

3:35pm BA462 Madrid (MAD)

3:50pm BA944 Dusseldorf (DUS)

4:00pm BA986 Berlin (TXL)

4:40pm BA912 Frankfurt (FRA)

5:50pm BA1492 Glasgow (GLA)

5:55pm BA328 Paris (CDG)

6:20pm BA828 Dublin (DUB)

6:20pm BA1458 Edinburgh (EDI)

6:50pm BA426 Amsterdam (AMS)

7:10pm BA738 Geneva (GVA)

7:10pm BA756 Basel (BSL)

7:15pm BA720 Zurich (ZRH)

7:40pm BA376 Toulouse (TLS)

The airline has also stated that flights across the UK and Europe are likely to be subject to change at short notice from now until March 2 due to the poor weather.

London Stansted Airport tweeted a warning to passengers which reads: “Due to expected adverse weather conditions, passengers are reminded to check the latest status of their flight with the airline before travelling to the airport.

“We advise all passengers to keep up to date with traffic and transport updates, allow extra time for their travel and plan their journey to and from the airport accordingly.”

Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton and City have yet to issue warnings regarding travel.

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Temperatures across the UK are expected to drop to as low as -15C in some parts of the UK over the next few days.

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