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An ‘unusual piece of data’ caused flight chaos – air traffic control boss

An “unusual piece of data” caused widespread flight disruption, an air traffic control (ATC) boss said, as airlines are under growing pressure over their treatment of passengers. Many UK holidaymakers are stranded overseas after around 2,000 flights ...

30 Aug 2023 at 18:45

Air traffic control review ordered with flight disruptions ‘to last for days’

Travel disruption could last for days after flights were cancelled leaving thousands of passengers stranded during a technical fault in the UK’s air traffic control (ATC) system. Transport Secretary Mark Harper said it was the worst incident of its ...

29 Aug 2023 at 12:17

Nearly 300 more flights cancelled after air traffic control glitch

Tens of thousands more airline passengers suffered flight cancellations on Tuesday due to the knock-on impact of an air traffic control (ATC) fault. Transport Secretary Mark Harper said it was the worst incident of its kind in “nearly a decade” ...

29 Aug 2023 at 13:41

Harper to meet aviation chiefs after air traffic control disruption

Aviation chiefs will be urged by Transport Secretary Mark Harper to do everything possible to return passengers still left stranded by the air traffic control (ATC) failure. Flights to and from UK airports were restricted for several hours on ...

01 Sept 2023 at 00:01

Airlines call for Nats to pay cost of air traffic control failure

Airlines are demanding to be reimbursed for the cost of the August bank holiday air traffic control (ATC) failure. Industry body Airlines UK said its members should not “carry the can every time we see disruption of this magnitude”. National ...

06 Sept 2023 at 12:51

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Ryanair reveals 63,000 passengers affected by ATC failure

Ryanair has revealed around 63,000 of its passengers saw their flights cancelled during last week’s air traffic control failure which caused widespread disruption across the industry and left thousands of passengers stranded overseas. In ...

04 Sept 2023 at 10:22

Harper says airlines are taking ‘every step possible’ to increase capacity

Mark Harper has said airlines are taking “every step possible” to increase capacity after passengers were left stranded by the air traffic control (ATC) failure, following a meeting with aviation chiefs. The Transport Secretary said ...

01 Sept 2023 at 17:43

Ryanair resigns from ‘talking shop’ UK Aviation Council

Budget airline Ryanair has resigned from the UK Aviation Council and branded it as a “talking shop” which does not deliver benefits or reform for the sector or passengers. Ryanair’s chief executive Michael O’Leary accused the ...

11 Jul 2023 at 21:05

Travel disruption could last days as thousands stranded by cancelled flights

Travel disruption could last for days after flights were cancelled leaving thousands of passengers stranded following an air traffic control technical fault. Holidaymakers were hit by bank holiday travel delays, which ...

29 Aug 2023 at 07:16

EasyJet boss says Nats has ‘let down customers all summer’

Air traffic control provider National Air Traffic Services (Nats) has “let down customers all summer”, according to easyJet chief executive Johan Lundgren. Forty-two flights at Gatwick were cancelled or diverted and ...

15 Sept 2023 at 12:10

Flights diverted due to staff shortages in air traffic control at Gatwick

Flights have been cancelled, delayed or diverted because of a lack of staff in air traffic control at Gatwick airport. Dozens of arrivals and departures were affected on Thursday evening, with passengers advised to ...

14 Sept 2023 at 21:35

Hundreds of flights estimated to have been cancelled after fault

Hundreds of flights to and from the UK are estimated to have been cancelled this bank holiday, leaving passengers stranded, after an air traffic control failure. By Monday afternoon 232 flights departing UK ...

28 Aug 2023 at 20:05

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