US EditionRyanair calls for air traffic control chief to resign after latest failure
UNITED KINGDOM, JUL 30 – Ryanair demands Nats CEO Martin Rolfe resign over repeated air traffic failures that caused over 100 flight cancellations and thousands of passenger delays, citing no improvements since 2023.
- On Wednesday, Ryanair called for NATS chief executive Martin Rolfe’s resignation after a disruption caused by a problem at NATS.
- A radar-related issue at NATS’s Swanwick, Hampshire caused staff shortages blamed on recruitment policy flaws, grounding flights for hours on Wednesday.
- More than 150 flights were cancelled following the ATC glitch, affecting Heathrow Airport, Gatwick Airport, Newcastle Airport, Birmingham Airport, Manchester Airport, East Midlands Airport and Edinburgh Airport.
- Amid demands for accountability, Department for Transport said it is working closely with NATS to understand the glitch and resilience implications, as the transport secretary summons Martin Rolfe.
- Amid recent years, Ryanair chief operating officer Neal McMahon said: `It is outrageous that passengers are once again being hit with delays and disruption due to Martin Rolfe's continued mismanagement`.
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Ryanair and easyJet have called the problems "outrageous" and "extremely disappointing". It comes a few years after much more disruptive air traffic control problems caused chaos for hundred of thousands.
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