Europe Power Outage Impacts Airport and Transport in Spain, France, Portugal—What Travelers Should Know

"Lisbon's main international airport stopped accepting arrival flights for several hours amid the grid failure (not taking arrivals through at least 3:30 p.m. GMT) and experienced widespread delays, with power still not restored as of 12:50 p.m. local time, leaving travelers disrupted and prompting advisories to check with airlines." - Stacey Leasca Stacey Leasca Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist and co-founder of Be a Travel Writer, an online course for the next generation of travel journalists. Her photos, videos, and words have appeared in print or online for Travel + Leisure, Time, Los Angeles Times, Glamour, and many more. You'll usually find her in an airport. If you do see her there, please say hello. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines