Government must sack air traffic control boss after ‘long line of cock ups,’ Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary says Business Thousands of passengers have had their flights cancelled at Heathrow and Gatwick Airport due to air traffic control staff shortages.
Airspace reform is being ‘shackled by needless bureaucracy,’ Easyjet chief warns Transport and infrastructure UK and European airspace reforms that would reduce flight times and emissions are being “shackled by needless bureaucracy,” according to the chief executive of Easyjet. Speaking at a Net Zero conference in Bedford, Johan Lundgren said airspace modernisation was the “quickest way to reduce carbon emissions” but warned it couldn’t be “kicked down the road [...]
NATs row: Ryanair launches legal fight against Britain’s air traffic control provider LEGAL Ryanair has launched a lawsuit against Britain’s NATs over the network-wide failure last August which saw thousands of flights grounded
Former Rolls-Royce boss Warren East appointed Chair of UK’s air traffic control service April 10, 2024 Warren East has been appointed chair of NATS, which is looking to rebuild trust after a major IT outage last August caused chaos across UK airspace.