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Flights cancelled at Gatwick and Heathrow as chaos continues

Easyjet flights to and from Gatwick are reported to be the worst affected

Evening Standard

Why is Michael O'Leary telling Nats to replace its chief with 'someone competent?'

O'Leary blasted Nats chief Martin Rolfe after London Gatwick airport was hit with hundreds of delays on Sunday.

Fortune

Ryanair sues air traffic control body Nats over 'terrible' flight delays

Ryanair vows to claim compensation costs back after air traffic control meltdown last August

Evening Standard

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Ryanair's O'Leary calls for head of UK air traffic system to go after August delays hit 0.7 million passengers

Working from home added to the impact of August’s delays, says independent report

Evening Standard

Airlines rage about bank holiday Monday air traffic control meltdown

‘The numpties at Nats didn’t tell us. We had to find out from someone else that they’d crashed their system,’ says Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary

The Independent UK

Michael O’Leary accuses Nats boss of ‘incompetence’ in furious row over air-traffic control failure

‘Your system engineers were sitting at home drinking tea instead of being onsite and ready to deal with a total system failure,’ says Ryanair boss in heated exchange of letters

The Independent UK

Ryanair boss calls for air traffic control chief to resign amid Gatwick flight disruption

The Dublin-based airline called for Nats chief executive Martin Rolfe to ‘step down’ after flight numbers were capped at Gatwick

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Nats should be embarrassed over cancellation of 164 flights at Gatwick

The mission-critical nature of air traffic control surely means that you have standby staff in place in case of sickness

The Guardian - UK

COVID outbreak among ATC staff causes flight chaos at London Gatwick

The airport will process 164 fewer flights than planned after COVID-19 and other illness put 30% of ATC staff out of action.

Fortune

Gatwick restricts flight numbers for week amid air traffic control problems

Airport will share 164 cancellations between airlines until Sunday as it seeks to avoid diversions

The Guardian - UK

Ryanair CEO slams U.K. air traffic service’s explanation for meltdown that forced him to cancel 370 flights

“This inaccurate and rubbish preliminary report is not acceptable,” Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary said.

Fortune

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

Industry body Airlines UK said its members should not ‘carry the can every time we see disruption of this magnitude’.

The Independent UK

Air traffic control chaos due to error with ‘one in 15 million’ chance

National Air Traffic Services chief executive Martin Rolfe said one of its systems failed after it ‘didn’t process a flight plan properly’

The Independent UK

UK air traffic failure blamed on ‘extremely rare’ circumstances as CAA opens inquiry

Technical report confirms error triggered by flight plan caused chaos last week as more than 2,000 flights cancelled

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The Independent UK

Air traffic control boss: Odds of bank holiday failure were ‘one in 15 million’

National Air Traffic Services chief executive Martin Rolfe said one of its systems failed after it ‘didn’t process a flight plan properly’.

The Independent UK

Air traffic boss reveals how flight chaos unfolded inside control room

Exclusive: ‘The problem was significantly different from anything we had seen before’ – Martin Rolfe

The Independent UK

A bank holiday Monday to remember – for all the wrong reasons

The Man Who Pays His Way: Airlines are responsible for caring for passengers

The Independent UK

Stranded holidaymakers waiting days to get home as flights are full

Airline websites show most flights to the UK from popular destinations are sold out until the weekend.

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The Guardian - UK

Airlines call for compensation reform after ‘staggering’ air chaos revelation

Industry expects to lose £100m over the air traffic control failure and wants Nats to contribute

The Guardian - UK

UK air traffic control failure: what caused it, and who will have to pay?

We look at what lies behind hundreds of thousands of people having their flights cancelled or delayed

Evening Standard

Airline chiefs join forces to plead: ‘Don’t ever let this chaos happen again’

One travel industry consultant said the event was an “international embarrassment” and questioned Britain’s aviation infrastructure

The Independent UK

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

Many UK holidaymakers are stranded overseas after around 2,000 flights were cancelled because of the issue.

The Guardian - UK

UK air traffic chaos: easyJet lays on flights for stranded customers

Failure blamed on ‘dodgy’ flight plan by unnamed carrier could cost airlines £100m

The Independent UK

Incorrect data hitting air traffic control ‘demonstrates huge weakness’ – Walsh

The director-general of global airline body the International Air Transport Association described the failure as ‘staggering’.

The Independent UK

Air traffic boss reveals how flight chaos unfolded inside control room

Exclusive: ‘The problem was significantly different from anything we had seen before’ – Martin Rolfe

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