30 h. ago Canary Island's most popular airport with 13m passengers using it every year

Gran Canaria Airport has been named one of the busiest airports in Spain, becoming a popular holiday destination for many Brits who want to disconnect from the hustle and bustle of the busy city life.

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6 d. ago Manchester Airport’s two most popular destinations in record

Manchester Airport reported its busiest March on record as it prepares for a bumper April

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2 w. ago The Scottish airport that will be busiest this Easter as passengers warned to allow 'extra time'

New data has established the airports that will see the most passengers this month

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2 w. ago Luton airport expansion given green light by Government despite advice to reject plan

Luton was the UK’s fifth busiest airport last year, with 16.9 million passengers travelling on 132,000 flights

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3 w. ago Heathrow boss: better energy supply to avoid outage repeat could cost £1bn

Airlines could face higher charges to fund new system at airport, which was affected last week by substation fireThe chief executive of Heathrow has said it could cost about £1bn to install a more resilient power supply system to prevent a repeat of the outage that shut Europe’s busiest airport last week, and that airlines could pay higher charges to help fund it.Thomas Woldbye, who has been criticised for going to bed on the night of the crisis so he could be “better rested” to handle the fallout the following day, has said he was frustrated the incident occurred and would like to have handled it better. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Heathrow boss: better power supply to avoid outage repeat could cost £1bn

Airlines could face higher charges to help fund new system at airport, which was shut down by substation fireThe chief executive of Heathrow has said it could cost about £1bn to install a more resilient power supply system to prevent a repeat of the outage that shut Europe’s busiest airport last week, and that airlines could pay higher charges to help fund it.Thomas Woldbye, who has been criticised for going to bed on the night of the crisis so he could be “better rested” to handle the fallout the following day, has said he was frustrated the incident occurred and would like to have handled it better. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Counter terrorism police find 'no evidence' fire near Heathrow Airport was suspicious

Almost 300,000 passengers across more than 1,300 flights had their trips cancelled at Europe’s busiest airport

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3 w. ago Service at Heathrow airport returns to normal two days after forced closure

More than a thousand flights were cancelled on Friday after a fire at an electrical substation caused a power cutHeathrow airport has returned to normal business two days after it was forced to close when a fire at an electrical substation caused a power cut.Europe’s busiest airport had more than 1,000 flights cancelled on Friday after the fire at the substation in Hayes, west London. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago London’s Heathrow Airport Begins Limited Flight Resumptions After Fire: British Airways and Global Routes Slowly Recover : Why You Need to Know About It NOW!

London’s Heathrow Airport Begins Limited Flight Resumptions After Fire: British Airways and Global Routes Slowly Recover : Why You Need to Know About It NOW!  Travel And Tour World

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3 w. ago Heathrow chiefs and ministers were warned 10 years ago that power supply was 'key weakness' that could cripple Europe's busiest airport

A report by Jacobs, a major consultancy, highlighted in November 2014 how electricity outages could completely shut Europe's busiest airport.

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3 w. 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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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 Engineer blunder may have sparked fire that shut down Heathrow

The blaze led to a major power outage that brought Britain’s busiest airport to a standstill

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3 w. 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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3 w. ago Heathrow ‘open and fully operational’ after disruption caused by power outage

Around 200,000 passengers have been affected by the closure of what is Europe’s busiest airport.

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3 w. ago 'Engineer error may have caused' Heathrow fire that paralysed airport

The blaze led to a major power outage that brought Britain’s busiest airport to a standstill

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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. ago Travellers face greater disruption despite Heathrow reopening after blaze

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

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3 w. ago Travellers face days of disruption as Heathrow reopens after blaze

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

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