43 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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52 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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55 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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62 h. ago Live updates: Travel chaos after fire shuts down Heathrow Airport, leaving passengers stranded

Live updates: Travel chaos after fire shuts down Heathrow Airport, leaving passengers stranded  The Associated Press

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66 h. ago Live updates: Global travel upended as nearby fire closes London’s Heathrow Airport

Live updates: Global travel upended as nearby fire closes London’s Heathrow Airport  The Washington Post

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67 h. ago London travel news LIVE: Major delays at Heathrow Airport as huge fire causes power outage

Commuters look set for a relatively trouble-some end to the week with few problems being reported on the Tube and rail network early on Friday morning.

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67 h. ago Heathrow latest LIVE: 'Do not travel to airport' instruction as day

The power cut has thrown airline schedules around the world into disarray as hundreds of flights face cancellation or are forced to divert

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67 h. ago Heathrow Airport fire LIVE: Travel chaos as UK airport shut all day – All you need to know

A major blaze has caused the UK's largest airport to close as travel plans for many customers has been thrown into holiday hell – Keep up to date with all the latest information on our live blog

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67 h. ago Heathrow Airport fire LIVE: Travel chaos as biggest UK airport will close all day

A major blaze has caused the UK's largest airport to close as travel plans has been thrown into holiday hell as people given a stark 'don't travel to Heathrow airport' warning

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67 h. ago Heathrow Airport fire LIVE: Travel chaos expected to last for days as conspiracies emerge

A major blaze has caused the UK's largest airport to close as travel plans has been thrown into holiday hell as people given a stark 'don't travel to Heathrow airport' warning

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67 h. ago Heathrow latest LIVE: Passengers told 'do not travel to airport' as airport closure forces 120 planes to divert

The power cut has thrown airline schedules around the world into disarray as hundreds of flights face cancellation or are forced to divert

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2 w. ago London travel news LIVE: Disruption between Paddington and Heathrow due to signalling fault

Severe delays have also been reported on the Northern and District line

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2 w. ago London travel news LIVE: Disruption between Paddington and Heathrow due to signalling fault to last until 1pm

There is currently no service on the Circle and Hammersmith & City line between Hammersmith and Edgware Road

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