Authorities at Manchester Airport in Britain announced that after a power loss earlier in the day severely disrupted operations at Terminals 1 and 2, the airport was starting up again and expected flights to resume on Sunday, June 23 afternoon and evening.
The cause of the power outage was unknown, but Manchester Airport issued a statement stating that flights scheduled for Monday would not be impacted and that it was working with airlines to reschedule cancelled flights in the upcoming days.
In a previous post on social networking site X, the airport stated that travellers scheduled to depart from Terminal 3 should proceed to the airport normally, unless instructed otherwise by their airline, as delays may occur.
Sky News was the first to report on the outage, stating that the airport and several other buildings were impacted by a power supply problem. According to the report, although power has been restored, there will be service disruptions throughout the day.
Following a substantial power outage, the airport operator had earlier reported that a “significant” number of flights at the third-busiest airport in the UK were either delayed or cancelled on Sunday.
The airports in the East Midlands and London Stansted are also managed by the Manchester Airports Group, which reported that Manchester Airport was “affected by a major power cut in the area earlier this morning.”
The group posted on social media, saying, “This has caused widespread disruption.” The international airport in the north of England has finally recovered power, however travellers scheduled to depart from Terminals One and Two were advised to “not come to the airport until further notice” since flights were being cancelled.
Several travellers described the “chaos” on X, the original name of Twitter. One traveller claimed there was “baggage thrown on any carousel,” while another claimed to be “stuck on the plane.”
EasyJet, an airline that flies out of Terminal One, issued a warning about “very long queues” for security and delays in luggage check-in, which means that travellers can only board aircraft with cabin bags.
In recent years, there have been several disruptions to the transport industry in the UK, including technical issues and strikes that have affected passengers on trains and aeroplanes.
A worldwide outage of immigration e-gates last month resulted in lengthy delays for thousands of travellers. Due to a technical issue, the nation saw its greatest disruption to air traffic management in over a decade in August of last year.
