MPs hear evidence in wake of substation fire that led to hundreds of cancelled flights
Thomas Woldbye says airport will review case for upgrading grid connections after outage that shut hub for nearly 24 hours
Officers find ‘no evidence’ the origins of the west London blaze were ‘suspicious’
Time spent switching power supply and rebooting systems raises doubts over resilience of Europe’s largest aviation hub
Airlines raise questions about scale of flight disruption after substation blaze
Within hours of a fire at a power substation, one of the world’s busiest airports was closed to all flights
More than 1,000 flights and 16,000 homes affected by ‘significant’ outage at electrical substation
London’s hub airport is preparing a detailed expansion plan after winning government backing
PE group buys holdings from Ferrovial, CDPQ and USS in a £870mn deal that takes share of airport to more than 30%
Boss of hub calls timetable for expansion ‘ambitious, but not undoable’
Scale and cost of construction could pose bigger barriers than political opposition
UK airport forecasts record December as United Airlines expects festive surge
French private equity group Ardian says groups it invests in need to have a ‘growth plan’
Several ministers, including Ed Miliband, are opposed to airport’s expansion
Airport’s peak summer season boosted by passengers transiting to Paris for Olympics
Airport’s highest-ever passenger numbers leave it operating close to capacity
Civil Aviation Authority decision follows lengthy dispute between the airport and airlines
French private equity firm and Saudi Arabian wealth fund take holdings of 38% in big shake-up of London’s busiest airport
Former Copenhagen airport head will need to smooth relations with airlines and make a decision on a third runway
UK airport forecasts passenger numbers this year reaching all-time high
Britain an outlier as spending by international shoppers has fallen sharply since 2021
USS, Canada’s CDPQ and Singapore’s GIC push to exit, putting £2.4bn deal with Saudis and private equity at risk
Two new shareholders, PIF and Ardian could increase their investment further as part of airport’s ownership structure
UK’s biggest airport raises passenger forecasts following travel boom
Airport and airlines had appealed against ruling by Civil Aviation Authority in March that charges should fall by a fifth
