Heathrow’s chief executive Thomas Woldbye said that he was “proud” of how the airport responded to its closure due to a fire forcing the cancellation and delays of planes
The boss of Heathrow has said he is “proud” at the way the airport responded to its closure after a fire.
Flights have begun landing at Heathrow as it aims to return to normal operation on Saturday after the airport was shut over a loss of power, with restrictions on overnight flights temporarily lifted. Chief executive of Heathrow Airport, Thomas Woldbye, said he was “sincerely sorry” for the travel chaos that has been caused by the fire but added that the power substation is not part of Heathrow’s infrastructure.
He went on to say “we were handling the consequences of that failure,” and that he was “proud” of the way that the airport handled the situation, in an interview with the BBC.
According to flight tracking website FlightRadar24, British Airways (BA) flight BA56 from Johannesburg, South Africa was the first regular passenger flight to land at Heathrow since Thursday evening, touching down at 4.37am.
BA, which has a major presence at Heathrow, said it expects to operate around 85% of its scheduled flights at the airport on Saturday.
The airline would usually expect to run nearly 600 departures and arrivals on Saturday but it is understood cancellations will be made, where possible, to high-frequency routes.
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