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Heathrow airport closed: more than 1,000 flights affected after substation fire causes power outage - live - THE GUARDIAN
Travellers warned to stay away amid ‘significant disruption’ after fire in Hayes causes power outage
Travel experts say the disruption will extend far beyond Heathrow
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.”
