Heathrow airport closed: counter-terrorism police deployed in ‘routine’ investigation into substation fire - live

Investigators believe fire was not result of deliberate act but say authorities are monitoring fire that led to power outage at airportFull report: Hayes fire sparks major power outageTell us: have you been affected by London’s Heathrow airport closure?Airlines’ carefully choreographed networks depend on airplanes and crews being in specific locations at specific times. Dozens of air carriers will have to hurriedly reconfigure their networks to move planes and crews around after the Heathrow closure.“The other question is, ‘What will airlines do to deal with the backlog of passengers?’”, said travel industry analyst Henry Harteveldt with Atmosphere Research Group. “It’s going to be a chaotic couple of days.” Continue reading...

Heathrow airport closed: counter-terrorism police deployed in ‘routine’ investigation into substation fire - live

Investigators believe fire was not result of deliberate act but say authorities are monitoring fire that led to power outage at airport

Airlines’ carefully choreographed networks depend on airplanes and crews being in specific locations at specific times. Dozens of air carriers will have to hurriedly reconfigure their networks to move planes and crews around after the Heathrow closure.

“The other question is, ‘What will airlines do to deal with the backlog of passengers?’”, said travel industry analyst Henry Harteveldt with Atmosphere Research Group. “It’s going to be a chaotic couple of days.”

Continue reading...