Manchester Airport fixes power issue that led to flight delays

FILE PHOTO: A man walks past a Monarch airlines poster after the airline ceased trading, at Manchester airport in Britain, October 2, 2017. REUTERS/Andrew Yates

(Reuters) - Britain's Manchester Airport said on Monday it had fixed a fuel supply problem at the airport caused by a power issue, which led to flight delays on Sunday.

"The engineers have now resolved the power issue which affected the fuel supply," the airport said in statement http://bit.ly/2VQd4xO on twitter.

Most scheduled flights will operate as planned on Monday, the airport said, but expected that there would be a small number of delays and cancellations as a result of the issues experienced.

About 13,000 passengers were impacted, the airport said.

The refuelling problems led to dozens of flights being delayed or cancelled at the airport on Sunday, The Guardian reported http://bit.ly/2LW7OUT on Sunday.

Eighty-six flights were cancelled due to the issue and Ryanair, easyJet, Dart Group owned Jet2 and IAG owned British Airways flights were among those affected, the newspaper said.

(Reporting by Sathvik N and Bhargav Acharya in Bengaluru; Editing by Daniel Wallis and Gopakumar Warrier)