2 w. ago Disastrous Heathrow power cut will cost airlines up to £100m, MPs told

Heathrow boss says it would cost £1 billion to protect airport from closure during a similar power cut in future

Economics

2 w. ago Heathrow boss to be grilled by MPs about airport shutdown after substation fire

The Independent estimates the total cost to airlines at Heathrow as £100m in lost revenue and passenger care expenses

Events

2 w. ago Heathrow boss to be questioned by MPs over airport’s closure

Chief executive Thomas Woldbye will give evidence to the Transport Select Committee on Wednesday.

Society

3 w. ago Heathrow boss who 'went to bed' amid power station fire crisis fails to get backing of Keir Starmer

Heathrow CEO Thomas Woldbye delegated the formal decision to close the airport to his deputy in the early hours of Friday, according to reports

Events

3 w. ago Heathrow boss who 'went to bed' amid power station fire crisis fails to get backing of Transport Secretary

Heathrow CEO Thomas Woldbye delegated the formal decision to close the airport to his deputy in the early hours of Friday, according to reports

Events

3 w. ago Heathrow Airport slams National Grid boss who claims it had 'enough power' despite shutdown

The National Grid CEO John Pettigrew said Heathrow Airport had enough power to avoid Friday's shutdown, but the airport has hit back saying it was an 'unprecedented incident'

Society

3 w. ago Heathrow had enough power to keep the airport running after substation fire, boss of National Grid insists

In his first comments since the fire broke out late on Thursday night, John Pettigrew (pictured) said that, while one substation was knocked out two others serving the airport were working throughout.

Society

3 w. ago Heathrow boss 'went back to bed' as fire shut down airport and saw flights cancelled

Heathrow was closed on Friday after a fire at a nearby electrical depot raged on, with airport boss Thomas Woldbye reportedly going to bed instead of dealing with the crisis

Society

3 w. ago Heathrow boss 'went back to bed' as power station fire sparked airport chaos

Heathrow CEO Thomas Woldbye delegated the formal decision to close the airport to his deputy in the early hours of Friday, according to reports

Events

3 w. ago Heathrow boss went back to BED as power substations fire closed airport to make sure he was 'well rested'

Thomas Woldbye was at an event in central London when the power first went out at 11pm on Thursday, prompting him to return to the airport west of the capital.

Society

3 w. ago Ed Miliband orders urgent investigation into Heathrow fire as boss claims he is 'proud' of how airport coped

Ed Miliband has ordered an urgent investigation into the Heathrow fire after the airport boss claimed he is 'proud' of how the power outage was handled.

Events

3 w. ago Heathrow boss defends running of airport after criticism of shutdown

Thomas Woldbye says most other airports operate similar back-up power systems to Heathrow, as Ed Miliband announces investigationThe chief executive of Heathrow has defended the running of the airport after a fire at an electrical substation stopped about 1,300 planes and disrupted the journeys of hundreds of thousands of global passengers.It comes after Willie Walsh, the International Air Transport Association’s director general, criticised Heathrow for the disruption, while the energy secretary, Ed Miliband, has now ordered the National Energy System Operator to “urgently investigate” the outage. Continue reading...

Society

3 w. 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.

Society

3 w. ago Heathrow boss defends response as airport resumes flights after fire brought facility to standstill

Heathrow boss defends response as airport resumes flights after fire brought facility to standstill  CNN

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3 w. ago Heathrow boss insists he's 'proud' of how airport handled blaze flights chaos

Heathrow’s chief executive Thomas Woldbye said that he was "proud" of how the airport responded to its closure due to a fire forcing the cancellation and delays of flights

Society

3 w. 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.

Society