Boeing and United Airlines have conducted flight tests to evaluate a modernised data communication system designed to improve information flow between the flight deck, air traffic control and airline operation centres. With a United 737-8 jet serving as Boeing's 2025 ecoDemonstrator Explorer, the...

Air travel across France and beyond has been severely disrupted today as air traffic control strikes forced hundreds of flight cancellations, affecting passengers across Europe. According to data from aviation analytics firm Cirium, a total of 463 scheduled arrivals into French airports have been c...

Cirium data has revealed that during the week of September 2-8, UK airports experienced a significant rise in flight cancellations, with 427 departing flights cancelled, accounting for 2% of all scheduled departures. This marks a 223% increase compared to the previous week, which saw only 132 can...

Airlines have come under fire for failing to help passengers during the August 2023 air traffic control (ATC) system collapse in the UK. The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) today published an interim report carried out by its Independent Review Panel into the airport chaos that left almost a qu...

Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary has called for the resignation of NATS CEO Martin Rolfe after Gatwick airport's air traffic control system collapsed again over the weekend. The failure led to passengers facing hours of delays after an air traffic control (ATC) outage grounded dozens of flights. It com...

Ryanair has issued a warning to British travellers as the airline grapples with flight cancellations prompted by a strike from air traffic control workers in France, commencing on Monday, November 20. A spokesperson for Claims.co.uk has outlined the potential risks for individuals booking package h...

Ryanair has called on the EU Commission to take urgent action to protect overflights as French air traffic control strikes take place today. The airline said that so far this year there have been 65 days of air traffic control (ATC) strikes, forcing airlines to cancel thousands of EU overflights. R...

Air passengers could face higher fare prices as airlines are set to pay more for the UK air traffic control system. Today, the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced it had reached a final decision on new price control arrangements for NATS En Route plc (NERL), the provider of en route air t...

In a fiery exchange during today's Transport Select Committee hearing, Ryanair's Chief Executive, Michael O'Leary, vehemently criticized the National Air Traffic Services (NATS) chief, labeling their report on August's air traffic control failure as "a complete tissue of nonsense" and "completely mi...

The air traffic control failures that plunged airports into chaos over the August bank holiday weekend were caused by a “one in 15 million” occurrence according to NATS boss, Martin Rolfe. After a preliminary report into the incident was published today, Mr Rolfe confirmed the failures happen...

easyJet's boss has demanded that a "full independent review" takes place after the air traffic control (ATC) failure over the bank holiday weekend plunged airports into chaos. Johan Lundgren said the failure "must not happen again". NATS (National Air Traffic Services) believes it is the fault of...

Passengers in the UK and abroad have told of the bank holiday weekend chaos experienced as a result of air traffic control (ATC) failures which are believed to have been caused by "unreliable" flight data. Travellers are expected to continue facing disruption to their flights in the coming days a...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released the following statement by its Director General, Willie Walsh, on the performance of European Air Traffic Control: “Last month I expressed concern about Air Traffic Control (ATC) performance in Europe and the US. Both are disappointing. ...

Air traffic controllers at Highlands and Islands Airports (Hial) have announced that they are set to strike over plans to centralise services. "The strike action will be effective from 00.01 on Thursday 29 July for 24 hours," a HIAL airports statement read. "Prospect has confirmed that the c...

Stunning visuals lit up the 63 metre NATS Air Traffic Control tower at London Stansted last night (May 21) in appreciation to the NHS and key workers. The giant projection was captured on camera by a drone as the nation took to their doorsteps once again to ‘clap for carers’. The dazzlin...