Heathrow Shutdown: Ryanair Adds 8 Rescue Flights From Stansted

Ryanair Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft flying on final approach, landing and taxiing at Eindhoven Welschap airport EIN arriving from Malaga Spain the flight with route number FR2575. The new advanced airplane Boeing 737-8200 MAX of the Irish budget airline has the registration EI-HEN and is powered by 2x CFMI jet engines. Ryanair is an Ultra Low Cost carrier with headquarters in Dublin, Ireland and since 2016 is largest airline by international passenger in the world. Eindhoven, the Netherlands on July 19, 2023 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Ryanair has announced the addition of up to eight rescue flights between Dublin and London Stansted, for Irish-bound passengers caught up in the chaos at London Heathrow, which has been forced to close following an overnight fire at an energy power plant.

Four of the new flights are scheduled for today (Friday) and four on Saturday to rescue passengers affected by today’s Heathrow closure.

Ryanair will operate four extra flights between Dublin and Stansted on Friday afternoon as well as four extra flights on Saturday morning.