11 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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11 h. 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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11 h. ago Heathrow latest LIVE: Flights resume after outage but delays and cancellations remain

Airport boss has apologised to passengers for day of carnage

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13 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

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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...

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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

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15 h. ago Heathrow latest LIVE: First flights land as services resume after day of chaos

Airport boss has apologised to passengers for day of carnage

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23 h. ago Passengers warned of delays as flights set to resume at London's Heathrow Airport

Passengers warned of delays as flights set to resume at London's Heathrow Airport  ABC News

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23 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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23 h. ago Flights resume at Heathrow after 'major incident' affecting 200,000 passengers

A major fire caused an 'unprecedented' loss of power

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

Heathrow flights resume after closure causes global flight turmoil  Reuters UK

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25 h. ago London’s Heathrow slowly resumes flights after a fire shut down Europe’s busiest airport

London’s Heathrow slowly resumes flights after a fire shut down Europe’s busiest airport  PBS NewsHour

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25 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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25 h. ago London’s Heathrow slowly resumes flights after a fire cut power to Europe’s busiest airport

London’s Heathrow slowly resumes flights after a fire cut power to Europe’s busiest airport  The Associated Press

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25 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

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26 h. ago London’s Heathrow resumes flights after a fire cut power to Europe’s busiest airport

London’s Heathrow resumes flights after a fire cut power to Europe’s busiest airport  The Dallas Morning News

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26 h. ago Heathrow latest LIVE: Heathrow resumes some flights after day of travel chaos sparked by fire

Airport boss has apologised to passengers for day of carnage

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26 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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26 h. ago Live news: First jet lands at Heathrow as ‘skeleton’ service of flights resumes

Live news: First jet lands at Heathrow as ‘skeleton’ service of flights resumes  Financial Times

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26 h. ago First jet lands at Heathrow as ‘skeleton’ service of flights resumes

British Airways to operate a small number of flights on Friday evening after fire shut Europe’s busiest airport for most of day

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