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Heathrow had enough power capacity during outage - National Grid CEO

By Josh White

Date: Monday 24 Mar 2025

(Sharecast News) - National Grid's chief executive said over the weekend Heathrow Airport had sufficient electrical capacity to remain operational during Friday's fire-related power outage, intensifying questions over the airport's decision to close for nearly 18 hours.
The disruption grounded around 1,300 flights, affecting more than 200,000 passengers and costing the...

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