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Heathrow Airport Holdings Ltd

  • Wednesday, 28 May, 2025
    Heathrow chief out of reach during shutdown as phone was on silent, says report

    Thomas Woldbye expresses ‘deep regret’ at being uncontactable, leaving his deputy to take decisions

    An electricity substation on fire
  • Thursday, 8 May, 2025
    Heathrow took 7 hours to restart flights after power was restored, report finds

    Root cause of blaze in March at electricity substation supplying Europe’s busiest airport still not known

    The blaze at the electrical site in North Hyde, west London, in March
  • Wednesday, 23 April, 2025
    Heathrow reports rise in profits despite shutdown chaos

    UK’s biggest airport posts ‘robust’ first-quarter earnings

    Smoke billows from the North Hyde Electricity Substation as an aircraft takes off from Heathrow airport, London on March 22 2025
  • Wednesday, 2 April, 2025
    Airlines warned Heathrow about power supply ‘resilience’ ahead of blaze

    MPs hear evidence in wake of substation fire that led to hundreds of cancelled flights

    Nigel Wicking, chief executive of Heathrow AOC, Thomas Woldbye, chief executive of Heathrow Airport, and Alice Delahunty, president of UK electricity transmission at National Grid, give evidence to the Transport se
  • Friday, 28 March, 2025
    Heathrow boss warns airlines risk having to pay £1bn for better power system

    Thomas Woldbye says airport will review case for upgrading grid connections after outage that shut hub for nearly 24 hours

    Passengers with luggage enter the London Underground station at Heathrow airport. A sign indicates that the airport is closed all day due to a fire, with no flights available
  • Tuesday, 25 March, 2025
    Met Police ends ‘criminal’ probe into substation fire that closed Heathrow

    Officers find ‘no evidence’ the origins of the west London blaze were ‘suspicious’

    The North Hyde substation in west London, England engulfed in flames on March 21 2025
  • Tuesday, 25 March, 2025
    Why one burning substation grounded Heathrow for a day

    Time spent switching power supply and rebooting systems raises doubts over resilience of Europe’s largest aviation hub

    A plane takes off as smoke rises from an area of an electrical substation a day after it caught fire
  • Sunday, 23 March, 2025
    National Grid PLC
    National Grid chief says Heathrow had ‘enough power’ despite fire shutdown

    Airlines raise questions about scale of flight disruption after substation blaze

    John Pettigrew
  • Friday, 21 March, 2025
    News in-depthUK infrastructure
    Heathrow’s shutdown fuels questions about UK’s infrastructure resilience

    Within hours of a fire at a power substation, one of the world’s busiest airports was closed to all flights

    Firefighters extinguish the fire at the North Hyde electrical substation
  • Friday, 21 March, 2025
    London’s Heathrow airport closes after nearby fire cuts power

    More than 1,000 flights and 16,000 homes affected by ‘significant’ outage at electrical substation

    A plane takes off over a road sign near Heathrow Airport in London
  • Saturday, 8 March, 2025
    Heathrow expansion
    Heathrow looks at building shorter third runway in bid to cut costs

    London’s hub airport is preparing a detailed expansion plan after winning government backing

    British Airways aircraft at Heathrow airport
  • Wednesday, 26 February, 2025
    French buyout firm Ardian increases Heathrow stake

    PE group buys holdings from Ferrovial, CDPQ and USS in a £870mn deal that takes share of airport to more than 30%

    The international arrivals area at Terminal 2 of Heathrow airport
  • Wednesday, 29 January, 2025
    Heathrow expansion
    Rachel Reeves urges Heathrow airport to fast-track third runway

    Boss of hub calls timetable for expansion ‘ambitious, but not undoable’

    Rachel Reeves
  • Tuesday, 28 January, 2025
    Heathrow expansion
    ‘Who will do all the work?’: Heathrow’s third runway plan faces new obstacles

    Scale and cost of construction could pose bigger barriers than political opposition

    A montage shows a BA flight against an outline of the proposed third runway
  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    Heathrow predicts Christmas travel boom

    UK airport forecasts record December as United Airlines expects festive surge

    Travellers arrive at Heathrow Airport in London
  • Monday, 25 November, 2024
    Heathrow expansion
    Heathrow’s new biggest shareholder backs airport expansion

    French private equity group Ardian says groups it invests in need to have a ‘growth plan’

    Heathrow International Arrivals lounge
  • Tuesday, 5 November, 2024
    Heathrow expansion
    UK cabinet split over allowing third runway at Heathrow

    Several ministers, including Ed Miliband, are opposed to airport’s expansion

    A plane lands on the southern runway at London Heathrow Airport
  • Wednesday, 23 October, 2024
    Heathrow says resumed dividends ‘probable’ as it raises forecasts

    Airport’s peak summer season boosted by passengers transiting to Paris for Olympics

    Electronic boards in the departure lounge at London Heathrow airport’s Terminal 3
  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2024
    Heathrow reports record summer as it considers new push for expansion

    Airport’s highest-ever passenger numbers leave it operating close to capacity

    Visitors wait for airline passengers in the arrivals hall at Heathrow airport’s Terminal 5
  • Thursday, 11 July, 2024
    UK airports
    Heathrow forced to cut airline landing fees

    Civil Aviation Authority decision follows lengthy dispute between the airport and airlines

    A British Airways Boeing 747 comes in to land at Heathrow aiport in London
  • Friday, 14 June, 2024
    Buyout group Ardian and PIF agree deal for £3.3bn stake in Heathrow

    French private equity firm and Saudi Arabian wealth fund take holdings of 38% in big shake-up of London’s busiest airport

    Heathrow airport signage
  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
    News in-depth
    Thomas Woldbye, the Dane now charting Heathrow’s future

    Former Copenhagen airport head will need to smooth relations with airlines and make a decision on a third runway

    Thomas Woldbye
  • Wednesday, 21 February, 2024
    UK airports
    Heathrow looks to expand capacity as it records profit for first time since pandemic

    UK airport forecasts passenger numbers this year reaching all-time high

    Inside Heathrow Airport
  • Wednesday, 17 January, 2024
    UK retail industry
    High-spending tourists turn to European neighbours after UK axes tax-free shopping

    Britain an outlier as spending by international shoppers has fallen sharply since 2021

    Image of a woman with a Valentino shopping bag in front of a sales chart
  • Tuesday, 16 January, 2024
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    More Heathrow shareholders plan to sell stakes alongside Ferrovial

    USS, Canada’s CDPQ and Singapore’s GIC push to exit, putting £2.4bn deal with Saudis and private equity at risk

    A British Airways aircraft takes off from Heathrow
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