14 h. ago Flights resume at London Heathrow after a daylong closure sparked travel chaos around the world

Heathrow Airport says it is “fully operational” on Saturday, after an almost daylong closure sparked by an electrical substation fire

Events

14 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...

Society

15 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

Society

16 h. ago ‘Colossal failure’: what the papers say about the Heathrow airport shutdown

Chaos at Europe’s busiest airport caused by a substation fire dominates UK front pages on SaturdayThe closure of Heathrow, Europe’s busiest airport, due to a fire at a nearby electrical substation dominates the front pages of British newspapers on Saturday, with more than 1,350 flights cancelled and journeys disrupted for hundreds of thousands of passengers.The Guardian splashes with “Chaos and anger as fire shuts Heathrow airport”, above a picture of anxious travellers, and an article that focuses on Downing Street’s reaction: that there are “questions to answer” as to how a power failure could cause such disruption. Continue reading...

Events

22 h. ago Major airports must review resilience plans after 'unprecedented' Heathrow closure due to fire

More than 1,300 flights were affected by the closure of London Heathrow Airport on Friday

Society

22 h. ago Heathrow Airport bosses face questions as staggering new theory emerges about closure

Some 300,000 travellers were left stranded on Friday following Heathrow Airport's closure, caused due to a "significant power outage" after a fire at nearby North Hyde Electricity Substation

Society

24 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

Society

24 h. ago Heathrow partially reopens after fire that caused power cut and travel chaos

Airport expects to be fully operational on Saturday, but airlines say closure will have ‘huge impact’ in coming daysDowning Street has said there are “questions to answer” after a fire at an electrical substation closed down London Heathrow airport, stopping more than 1,350 flights and disrupting the journeys of hundreds of thousands of passengers.Counter-terrorism police are leading the investigation into the “unprecedented” incident that left Britain’s biggest airport unable to function as engineers tried to restore power, but said there was “no indication of foul play”. Continue reading...

Events

25 h. ago Heathrow airport closure: Everything we know about the Hayes substation fire and effects of grounded flights

Shutting airport for a day will have cost millions of pounds after 25,000 litres of cooling oil caught light

Society

25 h. ago London Heathrow Airport restarts flights after closure causes travel chaos

London Heathrow Airport restarts flights after closure causes travel chaos  Al Jazeera English

Transport

25 h. ago Heathrow flights resume after closure causes global flight turmoil

Heathrow flights resume after closure causes global flight turmoil  Reuters UK

Politics

26 h. ago Heathrow closure as it happened: Airport closed after nearby fire causes power outage; Travellers face further disruption even after site reopens

Heathrow closure as it happened: Airport closed after nearby fire causes power outage; Travellers face further disruption even after site reopens  Financial Times

Society

26 h. ago First plane lands at London's Heathrow since closure, Qantas flights diverted to Paris after fire cuts power to Europe's business airport

First plane lands at London's Heathrow since closure, Qantas flights diverted to Paris after fire cuts power to Europe's business airport  9News

Transport

26 h. ago Heathrow airport resumes some flights after fire closure leaves thousands stranded worldwide

Counterterror police investigate blaze that caused power cut, upsetting travel plans of up to 300,000 passengers

Society

27 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...

Society

27 h. ago Heathrow restarts flights after closure causes global flight turmoil

Heathrow restarts flights after closure causes global flight turmoil  Reuters UK

Politics

28 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.

Society

28 h. ago Video London's Heathrow Airport resumes flights after fire causes closure

Video London's Heathrow Airport resumes flights after fire causes closure  ABC News

Society

28 h. ago Heathrow closure: what caused the fire and why did it bring down the whole airport? Expert panel

Heathrow closure: what caused the fire and why did it bring down the whole airport? Expert panel  The Conversation

Society

28 h. ago Heathrow closure to cost UK economy up to £4.8m in lost tourism

As well as airlines and passengers, local business and the wider UK economy would be hit by the shutdown

Economics