Heathrow shuts down for seven hours, flights to London hit

New Delhi: Air services from India to London were impacted today, as Heathrow airport in London was closed for seven hours. Kingfisher Airlines and Air India cancelled their flights to the region. Air India resumed operations later during the day. Jet, however, operated all its flights to the region.
The latest cancellations came as black clouds shut other major airports in Europe, including Schipol and Rottredam in Holland, and Gatwick and London as well as flights to and from Ireland and Scotland.
Kingfisher cancelled its flights to and from London Heathrow today. The national carrier, however, after cancelling one flight each from Delhi and Mumbai to London earlier during the day resumed operations and will operate flights to the region tomorrow.
“We operated our Amritsar-London-Toronto flight later during the day and will operate with a bigger aircraft from Mumbai to ferry the stranded passengers,” said an Air India spokesperson.
Kingfisher has also decided to operate flights tomorrow. “The cancellation was for today and as of now flights scheduled will operate,” said an airline spokesperson.
Around 1,000 out of 28,000 flights, which operate in Europe every day, were disrupted.
18/05/10 Business Standard

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