The boss of Heathrow Airport has apologised to the over 200,000 passengers whose journeys were disrupted by its closure last month following a fire. Thomas Woldbye offered his "deepest regrets" adding that the "situation was unprecedented".

Heathrow bosses were warned of substation power failure risk days before electrical fire shut airport - A quarter of a million passengers were affected by the closure – but Heathrow boss says its comm

The boss of Heathrow came under fire for an 18-hour shutdown at the airport last month after an airline representative said he had raised concerns about the hub's resilience days earlier, as lawmakers scrutinised the nationally embarrassing incident.