The shutdowns come as Europe experiences an extreme heatwave, which has seen Britain experience its hottest day of the year on Monday, with temperatures topping 38C.
Two British airports, including the UK's largest air force base, have been forced to suspend flights after extreme temperatures caused issues with their runways.
"Following today's high temperatures, a surface defect was identified on the runway," the airport said on Twitter. Earlier on Monday it was reported that Royal Air Force base Brize Norton in Oxfordshire had also stopped flights in and out after the runway became unsafe due to the heat, with Sky News reporting the runway had "melted".
Europe has been hit by extreme temperatures over the past week, while a jet stream vortex has sent a plume of hot air over the UK and forcedMonday saw temperatures reach 38.1C in Santon Downham in Suffolk in England, just short of the UK's hottest ever recorded temperature, when the mercury hit 38.7C at Cambridge's Botanic Garden on July 25 in 2019.
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