3 h. ago Heathrow boss says he is 'proud' of how airport responded to power outage

Flights began taking off on Friday evening following hours of closure after a blaze at an electricity substation in Hayes cut power to the west London airport.

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3 h. ago Heathrow airport live: More flight delays expected as airlines warn fire will cause ‘huge impact’ for days

Heathrow Airport is back in business after a fire at a London electricity substation

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3 h. ago Heathrow Airport 'open and fully operational' as Scots flights resume after substation fire

Dozens of Scots flights were cancelled after a blaze knocked out an electricity substation in Hayes late on Thursday evening.

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5 h. ago Heathrow airport live: More delays expected after fire chaos as airport says it’s now fully operational again

Heathrow Airport is back in business after a fire at a London electricity substation

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6 h. ago Heathrow airport reopens but ‘huge impact’ on travel expected for days – live updates

Planes begin to land at airport but airlines said the closure would continue to have a “huge impact” on passengers in the coming daysHeathrow airport says “flights have resumed at Heathrow following yesterday’s power outage” and the airport is now “fully operational”.It added that and that hundreds of additional staff have been drafted in to help clear the backlog of flights.We can confirm that Heathrow is open and fully operational today. Teams across the airport continue to do everything they can to support passengers impacted by yesterday’s outage at an off-airport power substation.We have hundreds of additional colleagues on hand in our terminals and we have added flights to today’s schedule to facilitate an extra 10,000 passengers travelling through the airport.Given the importance of Heathrow I am surprised that the whole airport had to be shut for a day.I mean, you could understand disruption whilst you change over to alternate systems and so on, but such a complete failure o...

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6 h. ago Heathrow airport live: Flights begin landing after mass disruption as airport aims to resume ‘full operation’

BA expects to operate around 85 per cent of its scheduled flights

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7 h. ago Heathrow Airport's defiant message as flights finally resume following chaotic closure

Heathrow Airport - the busiest airport in Europe after handling nearly 84million passengers in 2024 - was closed for hours on Friday after a blaze knocked out an electricity substation

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10 h. ago Heathrow airport live: Passengers to face ‘huge’ impact into the weekend as airport aims to resume ‘full operation’

The London airport said it hopes to run a ‘full operation’ on Saturday after flights resumed on Friday evening

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13 h. ago Heathrow airport live: British Airways warns of ‘huge’ impact into weekend despite flights resuming after fire

The London airport said it hopes to run a ‘full operation’ on Saturday after flights resumed on Friday evening

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14 h. ago Is one blundering engineer responsible for crippling Heathrow? Airport bosses face questions over farcical shutdown that left 300,000 travellers stranded

Tens of thousands of travellers are still stranded across the globe today after a blaze at an electricity substation cut power to the airport.

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15 h. ago Heathrow Airport Closure Live Updates: Some Flights Resume After Fire Disrupts Travel

Heathrow Airport Closure Live Updates: Some Flights Resume After Fire Disrupts Travel  The New York Times

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17 h. ago Live updates: Flights start landing at Heathrow Airport after shutdown leads to travel chaos

Live updates: Flights start landing at Heathrow Airport after shutdown leads to travel chaos  CNN

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17 h. ago Fires, cancelled flights and ruined plans: Inside Heathrow's day of travel chaos

More than 1,300 flights to and from Heathrow were disrupted after a blaze broke out at a critical electrical substation

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17 h. ago Flights to resume at Heathrow airport after day of travel chaos sparked by fire

Airport chief said the blaze which knocked out an electricity substation was ‘as big as it gets’

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18 h. ago Heathrow airport live: First flights resume after electrical substation fire shuts airport

Planes start to land again after 1,351 flights cancelled or forced to land elsewhere

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18 h. ago Air travellers face further disruption as Heathrow reopens after fire

Blaze at electricity substation that shuts down Europe’s busiest airport raises questions about resilience of UK infrastructure

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18 h. ago Heathrow closure: airport resumes some flights today and hopes for full Saturday service

First plane has landed since fire caused closure but people still told not to travel to the airport unless advised to do so by airlineCounter-terror police leading fire inquiryTell us: have you been affected by London’s Heathrow airport closure?Airlines’ carefully choreographed networks depend on airplanes and crews being in specific locations at specific times. Dozens of air carriers will have to hurriedly reconfigure their networks to move planes and crews around after the Heathrow closure.“The other question is, ‘What will airlines do to deal with the backlog of passengers?’”, said travel industry analyst Henry Harteveldt with Atmosphere Research Group. “It’s going to be a chaotic couple of days.” Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Heathrow boss says airport will return to '100 per cent operation' tomorrow

Follow the latest updates on the Heathrow Airport closure on MailOnline's live blog.

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20 h. ago Live updates: London’s Heathrow Airport will restore some flights after day of global travel chaos

Live updates: London’s Heathrow Airport will restore some flights after day of global travel chaos  CNN

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20 h. ago Heathrow Airport announces major update for stranded passengers as some flights expected tonight

Follow the latest updates on the Heathrow Airport closure on MailOnline's live blog.

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