Africa-Press – Angola. TAAG-Linhas Aéreas de Angola has cancelled flights scheduled for Monday on the Luanda-Lisbon-Luanda route, due to the power outage that affected the operation of the airport in the Portuguese capital, the airline reported.
The affected flights are DT653, on the Lisbon — Luanda route, and DT650, in the opposite direction, TAAG said, adding that it is monitoring the situation in conjunction with the Angolan authorities and entities in the civil aviation ecosystem, and will update passengers about the interruption of service through the usual channels.
“This electrical failure at European airports represents a risk to operational safety, leading TAAG and the competent authorities to adopt the cancellation of services as the most appropriate preventive measure”, said TAAG in the statement, regretting the constraints caused “by this force majeure situation”.
Hundreds of flights were cancelled Monday at Humberto Delgado Airport in Lisbon, and several were diverted to other airports, due to the power outage that is affecting the Iberian Peninsula, according to the official website of ANA Aeroportos.
The PSP reinforced policing at Lisbon airport with police officers from the Intervention Corps to assist the infrastructure manager in “maintaining public order”.
An official source from the Public Security Police said that Lisbon airport is “severely affected” due to the lack of electricity, specifying that terminal 2, where low-cost airlines operate, is closed.
ANA activated emergency generators, enabling essential operations in Porto and Faro, but Lisbon is facing more limitations, an official source from the airport manager told Lusa.
REN – Redes Energéticas Nacionais confirmed a widespread power outage, since 11:30 in Lisbon, in the electricity supply throughout the Iberian Peninsula and announced that plans are being activated to gradually restore the power supply, which was restored in some parts of the country at the beginning of the evening.
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