More than 40 flights cancelled at Sydney Airport in public holiday chaos

More than 40 flights have been cancelled at Sydney Airport due to poor weather conditions, creating chaos for hundreds of travellers who were hoping to take advantage of the public holiday. Air traffic controllers on Wednesday night warned airlines the airport could be forced to reduce to single runway operations on Thursday after strong winds of almost 40 km/h were forecast. As a result, multiple airlines chose to cancel services ahead of the poor weather forecast to prevent thousands of travellers arriving to potentially cancelled flights at Sydney Airport on Thursday. “In anticipation of bad weather today, domestic airlines advised overnight that some services would be affected,” the airport said. “Passengers are advised to check with their airline regarding the status of their flight. Passengers who are travelling today are recommended to arrive 2 hours prior to domestic flight departures, and 3 hours for international services.” On Thursday morning, Sydney Airport spokesman Josh Clements said the airport had not yet been forced to move to single runway operations, but flights were still being cancelled in anticipation. “The alternative was to run the gauntlet and have those passengers show up,” he said. “If we did go to single runways there would have been lots of disrupted passengers in the terminals today.”<br/>