New NATS technical failure disrupts flights across UK
Flights across Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England were disrupted on Monday after National Air Traffic Services (NATS) experienced a technical problem at its...
More than 2,000 flights affected as UK recovers from NATS system failure
Disruptions continued at airports across the United Kingdom on Wednesday, 9 September, after NATS’ flight-processing system failed a day earlier. Although the technical problem has...
Technical failure disrupts flights across London airports
A technical failure at the UK’s air traffic control provider NATS caused widespread disruption at London’s major airports on Tuesday, 8 September 2026. The...
Radar failure grounds planes across UK, disrupts travel at London Airports
Major flight disruptions have hit Britain’s airspace at the height of the school summer holidays, after a radar failure forced a temporary nationwide shutdown...
Ryanair rejects NATS “whitewash” report
Ryanair on 06 Sept rejected the “findings” in the NATS Preliminary Report into the UK’s ATC system failure on Mon 28th Aug last.
Ryanair pointed...
UK air navigation service provider NATS report into air traffic control incident details root cause and solution implemented
NATS’ preliminary investigation has confirmed the root cause that led to last Monday’s air traffic control incident, and the company has reiterated its apology...
UK’s air traffic control system update: restoring normalcy after technical glitch
In a recent development on 28 August 2023, the Air Traffic Control (ATC) system in the United Kingdom, operated by NATS, encountered a technical...
NATS celebrates 100th anniversary of first control tower and birth of air traffic control
NATS, the United Kingdom's leading provider of air traffic control services, has celebrated the 100th anniversary of the world's first air traffic control tower....