8 Jan, 2021 @ 22:00
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BREAKING: Spain’s Madrid airport CLOSED due to snow as all flights diverted

Madrid Snow Airport
CLOSED: Madrid airport has been diverting its flights since Friday due to the snowy conditions

MADRID airport has been closed due to the heavy snowfall.

All incoming flights have been diverted to other airports, airport operators AENA and Enaire announced.

“Owing to the conditions caused by storm Filomena, the Adolfo Suarez Madrid Barajas airport has diverted its flights,” airport operator Enaire said in an online statement.

Anyone planning on flying to Madrid is advised to check the status of their flight.

The capital is currently under a red alert for heavy snowfall, with the M-30 and M-40 motorways forced to close since Friday afternoon.

The Cercanias train service in the capital will also be shut down from 10pm.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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