The transport secretary is meeting with the NATS CEO and airlines are demanding answers.
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Nats apologises to passengers after flights suspended at several airports including Gatwick and Birmingham
Air traffic control glitch grounds flights in Britain, causing delays and diversions before engineers restore system.
LONDON: A technical issue briefly caused flight delays in Britain on Wednesday before engineers were able to restore the system, the air traffic control operator said. The…
Radar failure shows ‘no lessons have been learnt’ from series of crises at Nats
More than 150 flights were cancelled on Wednesday for around an hour amid a technical glitch with air traffic control (ATC) provider NATS, which is understood to have been caused…
Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as minister Heidi Alexander to meet head of NATS air traffic controller
Martin Rolfe is not expected to be asked to consider his position after second Nats glitch disrupted flights
LONDON: At least 16 flights to and from London’s Heathrow Airport were canceled on Thursday, a day after technical problems with Britain’s air traffic control system caused…
Nats chief executive Martin Rolfe was summoned to meet Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander on Thursday morning.
Details are emerging about how a 20-minute outage caused airport chaos on Wednesday.