Munich flights and trains cancelled due to heavy snow: Everything you need to know

Munich airport has advised passengers to stay at home unless they know their flight is running.

Munich flights and trains cancelled due to heavy snow: Everything you need to know

Flight chaos continues at Germany's second busiest hub Munich Airport, with most flights cancelled due to heavy snowfall. Trains in an out of the city are also severely disrupted.

The airport has issued a warning to passengers: if you haven't had confirmation that your flight is going, stay at home.

The airport says they do not know how long the disruption will last.

Read on for advice if you are trying to travel in or out of Munich.

Munich airport: Flight disruption continues

Munich airport shut down on Saturday due to the heavy snowfall. One runway reopened yesterday and a second this morning so the situation is slowly improving. But more than a quarter of today's flights have been cancelled.

Of the 840 flights scheduled at the airport today, 230 have been cancelled.

The airport's Christmas market remains closed today and tomorrow.

There was a similar situation at Munich airport last year when 133 flights were cancelled due to a frozen runway.

What is the advice for passengers at Munich airport?

The airport and airlines are instructing passengers to check airline's websites and apps for information on their flights.

The airport has said that passengers should not go the airport unless they have had confirmation that their flight is scheduled to run.

Lufthansa, one of the main airlines that uses the airport, has explained that they will "have to cancel further flights" due to "frozen airport equipment or snow-covered vehicles."

They advicsed passengers to "check the status of their flight on Lufthansa.com or in the Lufthansa app before traveling to the airport.

Deutsche Bahn advises against travel in or out of Munich

Train travel also continues to be severely impacted by the bad weather.

There are only a few long-distance trains running from Munich Hauptbahnhof, the city's main train station.

Train operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) advised passengers to postpone travel until at least tomorrow (5th December).

Source: Euronews