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Manchester’s Airport Delays
National World - LocalTV
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21/03/2025
With the fires at Heathrow causing some minor disruption at Manchester, here is a breakdown of what happened and how it might impact the next few days of flying from the airport.
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Hello and welcome to Manchester World, my name is Theo Huston-Betts and today we have
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a slightly different explainer for you, one that is relevant to the fires near Heathrow
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Airport that have caused such significant disruption to travellers across the UK earlier
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on this morning.
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Heathrow was forced to close its doors for the entirety of Friday 21st of March after
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a fire broke out at a nearby electrical substation which caused a significant power outage and
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has forced the cancellation of all incoming and outgoing flights from the London Airport
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on that day.
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The airport hopes to open over the weekend but that will not mark an end to the chaos
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and disruption caused by the whole day's worth of cancelled flights.
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For people in Manchester, here is what you need to know.
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There are basically very few delays or cancellations that will affect you unless you are flying
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directly to Heathrow Airport.
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While you know how incredibly stressful travelling can be, it's incredibly important that you
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don't panic and cause yourself stress when there's no need for it.
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What we'd suggest is aim to get to the airport a few hours before your flight to ensure that
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you have access to new information as it comes and maybe prepare alternate provisions
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in case you might need to spend a night at the airport but that's incredibly unlikely
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or certainly no more unlikely than usual.
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Five flights that have been bound for Heathrow overnight ended up being diverted to Manchester
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due to being airborne when the decision to shut Heathrow was made.
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The flights were from Nairobi, Philadelphia, Dubai and two were from New York.
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So if you encounter any confused Americans looking to make their way down south, please
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be sure to direct them to the appropriate train stations which I'm sure will be running
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incredibly smoothly.
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There are no more flights expected to be diverted between Heathrow and Manchester today so delays
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and cancellations should be few and far between.
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There may be some more congestion and confusion around Manchester's train stations but really
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the purpose of this video is purely to ensure you that there's no need for stress, all will
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be well, you will get to your destination and hopefully on time.
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So that's all for now, enjoy your flights and follow Manchester World for more.
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