He airport London of Heathrow announced on Friday afternoon that it has begun to resume your flights And that he hopes to operate “full performance” this Saturday, after having remained closed from the first hour when detected A fire in a nearby electrical substation.
“Our teams have worked tirelessly from the incident to guarantee a speedy recovery. Now we can resume flights safelyprioritizing the repatriation and relocation of the aircraft, “the airport wrote in his social network X.
Heathrow remained closed this Friday following a fire in the electrical substation that supplies it, which caused an energy cut and caused the cancellation or deviation of more than 1,350 flights scheduled to take off or land in London This March 21, according to the data of the Flightradar Flights Service24.
It is estimated that this Friday at the Heathrow London airport, the most traffic hub in Europe, with 84 million passengers a year, may have affected around 200,000 passengers.
The airline most affected by the closure was British Airwayswhich has confirmed in a statement that Heathrow has given them green light for the take -off of eight of their long distance flights from 19:00 GMT.
More than a hundred routes were diverted From his original Heathrow destination to other British and European airports, being the Schipholin Amsterdam (Netherlands) and London Gatwick (United Kingdom) The ones that received the most planes, according to data provided by the BBC.
Since the resumption of air operations is partial At the moment, from the London airfield they have asked travelers Avoid approaching Heathrow unless the different airlines are indicated.
52 flights affected in Spain
The fire near the London airport has caused the cancellation of 52 flights in Spainbeing those in Madrid and Barcelona the most affected airfields.
In Madrid They have been suspended 29 flights15 arrivals and 14 exits; while in Barcelona They have been 17 The canceled journeys, six arrivals and eight outputs.
The airports of Malaga, South Tenerife and Valencia.
