US EditionHeathrow Airport to Resume Some Flights Friday, Expects Full Service by Saturday
- Heathrow Airport is set to resume operations on Saturday following a major fire at a nearby electrical substation, which caused a significant power outage and affected over 291,000 passengers on Friday.
- The Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command is leading the inquiry into the fire, although they are not treating it as suspicious.
- British Airways and Lufthansa Group Airlines announced cancellations of flights to and from Heathrow, affecting many travelers.
- Heathrow Airport CEO Thomas Woldbye confirmed that full service will resume on Saturday.
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Air India resumes flights at London-Heathrow airport
London: A day after flights were grounded at Heathrow airport, the nation’s largest carrier Air India said on Saturday that its flights, to and from Europe’s busiest airport, have resumed. The shutdown caused inconvenience to as many as 200,000 passengers as at least 1,351 inbound and outbound flights were grounded throughout Friday. In a statement, Air India said that its operations to and from London Heathrow (LHR) airport have “recommenced af…
Heathrow boss defends response as airport resumes flights after fire brought facility to standstill
By Christian Edwards and Chris Lau, CNN London (CNN) — Heathrow’s chief executive has defended the airport’s response to the power outage and shutdown that sparked global travel chaos, apologizing to stranded passengers but calling the incident “unprecedented.” Heathrow, one of the world’s busiest airports, was brought to a complete standstill Friday by a huge fire in an electrical substation in a nearby London suburb, plunging the airport and t…
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