Millennial Twelve Days of Christmas Day 3: Heathrow Airport

Image Source: ABC Australia.

Dear Heathrow Airport: Thank you for making Christmas 2010 so memorable for so many people.  Apparently normal services will resume by December 30.  On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: Deicing fluid.  Below are some pictures of Canadian, American, Finnish and Swedish airplanes and airports operating normally in average wintry conditions. No bouquets for Paris, either: Charles de Gaulle Airport only started operating again after Germany and the USA provided it with tonnes of deicing fluid. Yes, blizzards should ground planes.  But this was no blizzard.  No excuses.

Pearson Airport snowplough. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Image Source: The Star.

Pearson Airport stocks up in the summer. The De-icemen cometh. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Image Source: The Star.

James Armstrong Richardson International Airport. Winter Crews operating in November 2010. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Image Source: Winnipeg Airports Authority.

James Armstrong Richardson International Airport. Winter Crews operating in November 2010. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Image Source: Winnipeg Airports Authority.

Montreal winter landing. Quebec, Canada. Video Source: Youtube.

Departure from O'Hare Airport in winter. Chicago, USA. Video Source: Youtube.

LaGuardia winter landing. New York City, USA. Video Source: Youtube.

Vantaa Airport, operating in winter. Helsinki, Finland. Image Source: Airliners.net.

Vantaa Airport, operating in winter. Helsinki, Finland. Image Source: Airliners.net.

Finnair plane deicing. Helsinki, Finland. Image Source: Airliners.net.

Finnair plane deicing. Helsinki, Finland. Image Source: Airliners.net.

Thai Airways take off at Arlanda International Airport. Stockholm, Sweden. Video Source: Youtube.