All Irish flights took off this morning for London Heathrow as the UK capital’s largest airport resumed service following an ‘unprecedented’ power cut. Flights at London Heathrow Airport resumed last night after a fire knocked out its power supply and shut Europe’s busiest airport for the day, stranding thousands of passengers and causing travel turmoil worldwide. Over 1,300 flights and up to 291,000 passengers were affected by the closure.
A total of 34 flights were cancelled between Dublin Airport and Heathrow. Flights to the UK capital resumed from Dublin Airport, Cork Airport and Shannon Airport today. A total of 14 flights take off from Dublin to Heathrow today, with four already having left.
They are being operated by Aer Lingus and British Airways. While 11 flights will fly from Heathrow to Dublin Airport through the airlines. The first of those this morning was cancelled, while the rest are operational.
The first flights landed at Heathrow on Friday evening after the airport closed for more than 15 hours, leaving hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded worldwide due to a fire at a nearby power substation. The airport’s chief executive apologised to everyone who suffered disruption and defended the response to the “unprecedented” loss of power. The closure is estimated to cost the UK economy up to £4.
8 million in lost tourism revenue per day, based on average inbound passenger spending. Additional economic costs include lost earnings for airport and.