Heathrow Airport Power Outage: Air India Recommences Operations

Air India on Saturday said that it had recommenced its operations to and from London's Heathrow Airport, a day after a power outage caused massive disruptions at the airport.

"Our operations to and from London Heathrow (LHR) have recommenced after the disruption at the airport yesterday due to a power outage. Today’s flight AI111 was on schedule and other flights, to and from London, are expected to operate as per schedule. AI161 of 21 March, which was diverted to Frankfurt, is expected to leave Frankfurt at 14:05 pm local time," said the airline in a post on X.

A massive fire at an electrical substation near Heathrow Airport in London had caused a complete shutdown of the UK's busiest airport on Friday.

According to Flightradar24, at least 1,351 flights to and from Heathrow were affected by the closure, as reported by BBC. Other major international carriers, including Qantas Airways and United Airlines, were also forced to reroute their aircraft to alternative European airports such as Paris and Shannon, according to various media reports.