- Title: Traffic back on roads heading towards Heathrow as flights resume
- Date: 22nd March 2025
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (MARCH 22, 2025) (REUTERS) TRAFFIC ON ROADS HEADING TOWARDS HEATHROW AIRPORT AFTER AIRPORT RESUMED OPERATIONS UNITED AIRLINES AIRCRAFT TAXIING ON TARMAC IN AIRPORT SEEN BEHIND ROW OF PARKED VEHICLES VARIOUS OF AIRCRAFT TAKING OFF FROM HEATHROW AIRPORT CARS MOVING ON ROAD NEAR AIRPORT VEHICLES MOVING ON ROAD NEAR AIRPORT, AIRCRAFT TAKING OFF
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- Keywords: Flight disruptions Flights resume Heathrow Airport London Road to Heathrow Traffic
- Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- Country: UK
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Europe,Fires
- Reuters ID: LVA001084222032025RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Traffic filled the roads heading towards London’s Heathrow Airport on Saturday (March 22) as Europe's busiest airport resumed full operations, a day after a fire knocked out its power supply, shutting it down and causing global travel chaos.
The travel industry was scrambling to reroute passengers and fix battered airline schedules after the huge fire at an electrical substation serving the airport.
Some flights had resumed on Friday (March 21) evening, but the shuttering of the world's fifth-busiest airport for most of the day left tens of thousands searching for scarce hotel rooms and replacement seats while airlines tried to return jets and crew to bases.
The airport had been due to handle 1,351 flights on Friday, flying up to 291,000 passengers, but planes were diverted to other airports in Britain and across Europe, while many long-haul flights returned to their point of departure.
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