Manchester Airport flights grounded as power failure prevents aircraft refuelling

Flights have been grounded at Manchester Airport after a power failure prevented the refuelling of aircraft.

Passengers reported being stuck on the runway for up to three hours while others discovered their journeys had been scrapped altogether.

More than 40 flights from and to the airport have been cancelled, with 30 arrivals and departures on easyJet axed – affecting 5,000 passengers.

Most are European departures, to destinations as far away as Tenerife, Prague and Preveza in Greece. Two flights to Belfast International and back have also been grounded.

Flybe has cancelled round-trips to Exeter and Belfast City.

Eurowings, Loganair, Lufthansa and SAS have also cancelled flights.

Many others are severely delayed.

Manchester Airport said in a statement: “Due to a power issue this afternoon there is currently an issue with the fuel supply at the airport and we have engineers on-site working to fix this.”

It urged passengers to contact their airlines for flight information and updates.

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