Brussels, 23/12/2010 (Agence Europe) - Although Europe's main airports had re-opened on Thursday 23 December, further snowfalls and fog threatened to cause numerous delays, according to information from EUROCONTROL, the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation. Heathrow Airport said on Thursday that it would be operating most of its flights after two days of disruption because of the snow. The situation in Germany has stabilised, too. Fresh falls of snow, however, brought the closure of Dublin Airport in Ireland. French authorities announced on Thursday morning that the number of flights operating from Paris-Orly Airport (in the morning) and Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (all day) would be reduced by 20%. At the same time, airport authorities, under fierce pressure from the media and passengers, have continued to reject the criticisms made by the European Commission on Tuesday (see EUROPE 10282). The spokesman for Frankfurt Airport is quoted in the press as saying that the authorities had had 300 people for clearing runways and de-icing planes and that the airport had been “very well prepared”. In the Daily Telegraph, the UK transport minister announced that the government was about to introduce new winter resilience targets. (A.By./transl.rt)