Aberdeen International Airport temporarily suspended all operations while essential work was carried out.
Unscheduled maintenance work being carried out at the airport caused disruption for passengers throughout the day.
In a post shared on social media at about 11.30am, the airport said it aimed to have all work completed as quickly as possible.
It stated: “We aim to have this completed as quickly as possible with minimum disruption, however, we apologise for any inconvenience caused.”
We can confirm we are currently carrying out some unscheduled maintenance work and have had to temporarily suspend operations.
We aim to have this completed as quickly as possible with minimum disruption, however, we apologise for any inconvenience caused.
— Aberdeen Airport ✈️ (@ABZ_Airport) August 15, 2022
Aberdeen Airport declined to say what maintenance work is being carried out when contacted by the Press & Journal.
However, it has been reported the disruption was necessary to allow repairs to be done to the runway.
Passengers were being advised to get in touch with their airline for information on their specific flights.
During this time, they were provided with vouchers for refreshments.
A number of departing flights were cancelled this morning, while arrivals at the airport were delayed.
According to the website, a Loganair flight from Edinburgh landed just after 3pm, suggesting operations were starting to resume.
The airport shared an update on social media just before 4pm stating all work had been completed and operations had resumed.
They wrote: “We apologise for any inconvenience caused and passengers are advised to contact their airline for specific flight information.”
‘Safety is always of utmost importance’
Aberdeen Airport’s website shows six departures were cancelled during the disruption, including a British Airway’s flight to London Heathrow and Loganair flights to Bristol, Dublin and Belfast.
Meanwhile, other Loganair flights to Birmingham and Esbjerg and an Easyjet flight to London Luton were delayed by several hours.
Four arriving flights were also cancelled.
Murray Burnett, managing director of Munro’s Travel which specialises in oil, gas, energy and marine travel, said: “It may be frustrating for travellers to find the airport suddenly closed for a period of time, but travellers’ safety is always going to be of the utmost importance.
“Our clients are travelling for work purposes and it’s important that we support them to get to their destinations as close to the planned time as possible as a whole crew’s shift pattern can depend on this.
“We’ve had several clients who have required to be rebooked onto future flights today and our team will be on hand to help out these essential workers as long as they need us today.”
Today’s suspension to operations follows some reported disruption which took place last week.
AGS Airports Ltd confirmed some passengers faced delays on August 10 while “minor” repairs were completed.
A spokesman said: “We can confirm that minor repair work was carried out on a small section of the airfield. This was completed in 15 minutes however it did result in some delays and one aircraft diverted to Edinburgh.”
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