Ryanair says air traffic failure is not acceptable

Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary has said Monday's failure of the UK's air traffic system was "Not acceptable". In a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter, he said Ryanair had to cancel about 250 flights on Monday affecting 40,000 passengers. More than a quarter of all UK flights were axed on Monday after a fault with National Air Traffic Services, which runs air traffic control in the UK. Delays and cancellations have been continuing on Tuesday, with Monday's disruption having led to some planes and air crew being stuck in the wrong location. Mr O'Leary said that about 20 Ryanair aircraft had not been able to return to their home bases on Monday. Nats confirmed there was a problem with the air traffic control system shortly after midday on Monday.

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