(Reuters) – Britain’s Heathrow Airport said on Friday it will remain closed through the day after a huge fire at a nearby electrical substation wiped out power, disrupting flight schedules of global airlines.
According to flight tracking website FlightRadar24, at least 120 inbound flights to Heathrow, Europe’s busiest airport, were being diverted to other airports.
Here are the top 10 airlines by capacity that were set to arrive at Heathrow airport on Friday.
AIRLINE NAME FLIGHTS SEATS
British Airways 341 67,962
31 9,058
Virgin Atlantic
Lufthansa 21 3,780
American Airlines 20 5,744
Aer Lingus 19 3,484
17 3,673
United Airlines
SAS 14 2,520
Swiss 12 2,000
13 1,906
Eurowings
Delta Air Lines 11 2,687
Other 67 airlines 143 9,790
Total 669 145,836
Here is what airlines are saying about the closure:
Source: Data from Cirium Ascend, company statements.
Note: The seats represent capacity, not ticketed passengers.
(Reporting by Raechel Thankam Job in Bengaluru, Abhijith Ganapavaram in New Delhi and Jamie Freed in Sydney)
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