Power Restored at Manchester Airport but Many Passengers Still Affected

A major power cut at Manchester Airport over the weekend has had a knock-on effect with thousands of passengers still affected on Monday. The power outage hit electronic systems and computers in the airport in the early hours of Sunday, meaning 70 departing flights and 50 arrivals were terminated, according to aviation analytics company Cirium. There were no flights at all from two of Manchester Airport’s three terminals for several hours, which led to huge queues and frayed tempers. Travel journalist Simon Calder wrote on social media platform X, “Manchester airport: 20,000 passengers woke up in the wrong place this morning after 140 flights were cancelled on Sunday.”...