Airports fully operational after Monday’s power outage
A widespread power cut affected Portugal and Spain on Monday from 11.30 a.m. onwards, and the authorities have yet to provide an explanation.
Operations at Portuguese airports were running normally on Tuesday, although ANA said there were still some impacts related to the flights cancelled or delayed on Monday due to the blackout and the high turnout for baggage delivery.
“Operations at Portuguese airports are running smoothly, with all operational systems up and running”, the airport operator said in a statement.
In Porto and Faro, operations are running smoothly, still with some impacts related to the flights cancelled or delayed the previous day, while at Lisbon airport the “recovery of yesterday’s flights [Monday] presents greater challenges, but the situation is under control”, ANA said.
The airport management company also pointed to a high turnout at airline counters to reschedule flights and at ground handling services to deliver luggage.
As a result, he said, a baggage handling plan is being implemented at Lisbon airport in conjunction with the various organisations, and “passengers will start to be contacted by the airlines with information about the delivery of their baggage”.
A widespread power cut affected Portugal and Spain on Monday from 11.30 a.m. onwards, and the authorities have yet to provide an explanation.
Closed airports, transport and traffic congestion in major cities and fuel shortages were some of the consequences of the “blackout”.
The electricity distribution network operator E-Redes said this morning that the service has been fully restored and normalised.
