Heathrow reopened after the fire, but airlines warn of more turmoil

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Heathro Airport was reopened on Saturday morning after a complete closure due to the power outages, but airlines have warned of further turmoil while restarting the operations.

The airport was completely reopened for flights on Saturday morning, then the first planes were launched after 6 am.

Heathrow said that he was “open and fully worked”, but airlines have canceled nearly 100 flights on Saturday by 8 in the morning as they started the logistical challenge of restarting their operations with aircraft, crew and passengers outside the place and spread all over the world.

Thomas and Oldby, CEO of Heathrow, said on Saturday that he was “proud” to return the airport to Power outage She expected that there was no “major disorder”.

However, some executives of the airlines were injured in special frustration with the airport messages that were completely recovered, given that they are still canceling and dealing with flights and dealing with them. Passengers were cut off.

British Airways, to a large extent, the largest flight operator in Heathrow, said it expected about 15 percent of its schedule for the schedule to and from Heathrow on Saturday, which will be about 90 flights.

The airline said: “To recover an operation of our size after such an important important incident … It is possible that all travelers’ customers will be delayed as we continue to move in the challenges represented by the power outage on Friday at the airport.”

Heathrow was closed in the early hours of Friday after a fire at a local power station in West London, which caused the airport to be out of the airport.

Both the airport and the national network face intense scrutiny about how the failure of one of the three sub -stations can close Heathrow for about 24 hours.

Willie Walsh, former BA president and Heathrow critic for a long time, said that there was a “clear failure” by the airport.

Weldby said that the backup power supply at the airport for its critical jobs, including the runway lights and the control tower, had started, but it was not designed to operate the entire airport.

“We will need a separate power plant on the site … I don’t know his airport,” he told the BBC.

“Of course, we will look at this and say: Can we learn from this, do we need a different level of flexibility if we cannot trust that the network around us is working in the way you should work on.”

The National Network said on Saturday that it takes steps to improve flexibility on its network.

FTSE 100 owns the North Hyde station in Hayes, west of London, in which it caught fire late on Thursday night, raising questions about the poor critical infrastructure in the United Kingdom.

The cause of the fire is still being investigated, but the national network said that energy has now been restored to all customers.

“Energy supplies have been restored to all customers connected to the North Hyde station, including Heathrow, allowing operations to appeal at the airport. We are now carrying out measures to help improve flexibility levels in our network.”

About 1,300 flights were canceled on Friday and flights have already been turned into its original airport or converted into other axes throughout Europe.

This has left airlines facing a major challenge while restarting their schedules: many of their planes, pilots and cabin crew in wrong places, while many employees will also not be able to work due to strict rules on the rest between flights.

“All of these long planes-especially a Bachelor’s degree in airports that were not supposed to be. If there were no crews there to capture them, the airlines will struggle to move their aircraft again as usual,” said the Aviation Adviser.

“The crew will also need a day or two before they can restart, and every additional day is an additional cancellation that extends to the coming days. It is the Domino effect.”

Heathrow said it added 50 of the takeoff and landing holes to its schedule, which enables 10,000 other passengers to travel on Saturday, if the airlines can find aircraft and crew.

The Anti -Terrorism Command of the Capital Police in London continued to lead investigations into the fire at the sub -station, but on Friday evening they said they were not dealing with the incident as suspicious.