Heavy snow disrupts flights in the UK and Germany

London CNN — Heavy snowfall brought disruption to parts of Europe on Sunday, hitting air travel in the United Kingdom and Germany. Manchester Airport, the country’s third largest airport by passenger size according to the Civil Aviation Authority, said on Sunday morning that it had temporarily closed its runways due to heavy snow. Staff members on the ground were working to clear the snow from the runway, it said in a post on social media, before the runway reopened around 9:45 a.m. Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport also temporarily closed its runway on Sunday morning due to snow, before reopening it at 10:15 a.m. Newcastle International Airport said that “heavy and continuous snowfall” was causing disruption to flight schedules. Newcastle International Airport said it was experiencing "heavy and continuous snowfall," adding that "teams are working across the site to keep passengers and colleagues safe." Newcastle International Airport/X Birmingham Airport closed for several hours around midnight so that staff could clear the snow, but reopened later on Sunday “as a result of teams working throughout the night,” it said on X.