Munich Airport comes to standstill amid snowstorm

Munich Airport comes to a standstill amid a snowstorm that struck on Saturday.

As reported, all flights were grounded at Munich’s airport on Saturday after a winter storm dumped snow across southern Germany and parts of Austria, Switzerland and the Czech Republic, affecting travel across the region.

The airport later announced flights would be cancelled until 6 a.m. Sunday.

Other airports in the region, including in the Swiss financial capital, Zurich, have also announced weather-related delays and cancellations.

Videos showing the chaos at the airport caused by the snowstorm are now doing rounds on social media.

Jets become frozen toys as heavy snowfall led to the cancellation of more than 700 scheduled flights in Munich.

#PrivateJets getting ready to leave for #ClimateChange conference in #Dubai #COP28UAE frozen on the runway in #munichairport as 60% of Europe is covered in snow. ‘Climate Change’ ( earlier #GlobalWarming) conference can’t leave because planes are covered in freezing snow pic.twitter.com/i6pVBySgZ2

— sudhakar (@naidusudhakar) December 3, 2023

Long-distance trains and hundreds of
flights in and out of the German city of #Munich were cancelled on Saturday because of heavy #snowfall. The winter storm also forced #BAYERNMUENCHEN and #unionberlin to postpone their match. #munichairport #Bundesliga pic.twitter.com/nDx7WQHyvc

— Our World (@MeetOurWorld) December 2, 2023

#BREAKING
Munich Airport has resumed flight operations, the operating company has announced. #Geramny pic.twitter.com/odX0ezd8e3
📹Snowstorm Caused #MunichAirport Shutdown, Travel Chaos in Central Europe pic.twitter.com/SPVbojw8mJ

— ⚡️🌎 World News 🌐⚡️ (@ferozwala) December 3, 2023

As reported, no buses or trams were operating as of Saturday afternoon in Munich, the local transit authority said.

While some subway and regional train lines were also affected by the weather.