Heathrow Airport is set to “begin some flights later today”, focusing on repatriation flights for passengers diverted to other airports in Europe, after an outage caused by a fire.
The airport originally announced early on Friday that it would be closed until 11.59pm because of a blaze at a nearby electrical substation.
Around 200,000 passengers have been affected by the closure of what is Europe’s busiest airport.
A Heathrow spokesperson said in an update on Friday afternoon: “We’re pleased to say we’re now safely able to begin some flights later today.
“Our first flights will be repatriation flights and relocating aircraft.
“Please do not travel to the airport unless your airline has advised you to do so.
“We will now work with the airlines on repatriating the passengers who were diverted to other airports in Europe.
“We hope to run a full operation tomorrow and will provide further information shortly.”
