Dozens of flights were expected to be disrupted at Heathrow and Gatwick yesterday despite the lifting of a thick belt of fog that caused travel chaos for thousands of passengers over the weekend.

Hundreds of flights were canceled at airports across the country on Saturday and Sunday as fog descended just in time for the Christmas getaway.

Heathrow Airport said 30 departures would be grounded yesterday as a knock-on affect of the weekend disruption. At Gatwick a handful of flights were affected. The bulk of the affected journeys are British Airways short-haul flights.