March 21 (Reuters) - Britain's Heathrow Airport, a major global travel hub, said it would be closed for all of Friday after a huge fire at a nearby electrical substation wiped out its power, disrupting flight schedules around the world. -- Heathrow serves ...

LONDON — Heathrow is open and “fully operational” after a massive fire at a nearby electrical substation shut down the airport and triggered chaos across global air travel, leaving a quarter of a million passengers stranded. By Saturday morning, the ...

The news out of London that Heathrow Airport was closed Friday because of a fire and huge power outage had ripple effects all the way to Boston, even as the airport began to resume some flights. All seven flights that were due to arrive at Logan Airport ...

More than 1,400 flights were diverted or cancelled by the near-total shutdown of Heathrow on Friday 21 March. A fire broke out in a transformer within the North Hyde electrical substation in Hayes, north of Heathrow, late in the evening of Thursday 20 March.

LONDON -- Heathrow Airport executives on Monday defended their response to a fire that shut down Europe's busiest air hub for almost a day, after Britain's energy system operator suggested that the facility had enough electricity from other sources to keep ...

Heathrow Airport in London, one of the world's busiest airports, announced it will be closed Friday after a large fire at a nearby electrical substation caused a power outage. "Due to a fire at an electrical substation supplying the airport, Heathrow is ...

Britain has backed Heathrow Airport's 49 billion pound ($64 billion) expansion and upgrade plan as the basis for adding a new runway, choosing it over a cheaper rival proposal, the government said on Tuesday.