Air India’s operations to and from the London Heathrow airport were disrupted on Friday after a fire knocked out power to London airport. One flight returned to Mumbai, another was diverted to Frankfurt and other flights remaining cancelled due to a temporary suspension of operations at the airport. Air India also said that its flights to London Gatwick remained unaffected.

Apart from Air India, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have daily direct flights between various Indian cities and LHR, one of the busiest airports in the world. British Airways has 8 flights per day between India and LHR, including 3 from Mumbai and 2 from Delhi. Virgin Atlantic has 5 daily flights to LHR from Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru.