The boss of Virgin Atlantic has attacked Heathrow’s chief executive for choosing to go to sleep as a substation fire caused ...

Virgin Atlantic boss Shai Weiss said the behaviour of Thomas Woldbye was not that expected of a chief executive. A decision by the head of Heathrow Airport to go to bed during last month’s ...

Heathrow airport has blamed expensive building costs, its constrained area and large numbers of long-haul flights for its ...

However, Heathrow boss Thomas Woldbye called the fire an "unlikely event" and defended the length of the closure, saying he had to make "very serious safety decisions". Mr Woldbye apologised to ...

Carlos Jasso/Reuters Thomas Woldbye, the chief executive of Heathrow, rejected that criticism. Under intense questioning from members of Parliament, Mr. Woldbye said that airport officials had ...

Thomas Woldbye's comments on Friday come three weeks after a complete shutdown of the complex and amid global economic uncertainty. On March 21, a significant power outage at a nearby electrical ...

Heathrow CEO Thomas Woldbye, who was also appearing before the committee has been criticised or going to bed at 12.30am on the night of the fire. MPs on the Transport Select Committee also heard ...

Thomas Woldbye, chief executive of Heathrow, told MPs that the first problems became apparent shortly after midnight: “We realised we were losing power to the airport. In our operations centre ...

Heathrow CEO Thomas Woldbye said it would cost more than £1 billion for the airport to have "full resilience" from power outages. Heathrow chief executive Thomas Woldbye said keeping the airport open ...

Shai Weiss, who leads the airline, said the behaviour of Thomas Woldbye was not that expected of a chief executive and called his decision “questionable”. Around 200,000 passengers were left ...

Thomas Woldbye, chief executive of Heathrow, told MPs that the first problems became apparent shortly after midnight: “We realised we were losing power to the airport. In our operations centre you ...