In 2024, Heathrow was the busiest airport in Europe by passenger numbers and the fourth busiest worldwide. Nearly 84 million ...

Flights have resumed at Heathrow after a substation fire shut the airport and triggered global travel chaos yesterday - but ...

When crises occur, airline network operation centers go into overdrive, but managing the response is a delicate balance.

Britain's aviation watchdog will consider Heathrow airport's resilience rules as part of a regular review, it said on ...

Disaster recovery plans keep the top brass of many organisations ... He said the shutdown was the result of a "clear planning ...

Pressed by presenter Nick Ferrari whether she personally had confidence in him, she dodged the question, explaining that she had spoken to him on Friday morning about Heathrow’s recovery plans ...

The closure of Britain’s Heathrow was set to affect the global aviation system for days and cost tens of millions of dollars, experts say, raising questions over why better contingency planning ...

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband says there are "lessons to be learned" after a substation fire brought the major airport to a ...

Delta canceled 10 flights departing for Heathrow Friday. United, however, plans to proceed with most ... not just in terms of a single day, but recovery,” said Dr. Michael McCormick, a professor ...

Heathrow bosses feared that their net zero plans could threaten the stability of the airport’s power supply, according to a briefing to MPs two years ago. Nigel Milton, the airport’s then ...

Heathrow’s chair has ordered an internal investigation into the airport’s crisis management plans and response to the power outage which forced it to close for 15 hours on Friday. Former transport ...

Although the Heathrow closure came out of the blue, airlines do of course have emergency plans setting out guidelines and procedures for various types of crises, which are regularly updated.