Tens of thousands stranded by flight cancellations after huge Spain-Portugal power outage
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About 80,000 travellers stranded after Spain-Portugal blackout
- A widespread power outage in Spain and Portugal has caused approximately 500 flight cancellations, affecting an estimated 80,000 passengers.
- Lisbon’s airport was the most impacted, with 45 per cent of departures cancelled, followed by Seville with one-third of its departing flights grounded.
- Around 4,000 passengers traveling to or from the UK experienced cancellations, primarily on routes to and from Lisbon, Faro, and Malaga.
- Several airlines have offered passengers the option to rebook on later flights, but not all airlines are providing this flexibility.
- An estimated 500,000 tourists are currently in Spain, and 70,000 UK holidaymakers are in Portugal.