Three of the UK’s major airlines and operators, easyJet, Jet2 and Tui, have responded to the mass power outage in Spain and Portugal on Monday (28 April), with Jet2 confirming its programmes would operate as scheduled on Tuesday (29 April).
Spain's capital Madrid and Portuguese capital Lisbon were hit by the outage (Credit: iStock / Keith Binns)
Some 185 flights that had been due to depart Portugal on Monday (28 April) and a further 205 from Spain were cancelled owing to the outage across the Iberian peninsula. Another 187 arrivals into Portugal and 208 into Spain were also cancelled.
The power went out shortly before midday and only began to be restored in the evening, with vast knock-on effects for travel to and from – and within – both countries with road and rail networks affected.
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