A technical failure in Britain's National Air Traffic Services (NATS) flight data processing system on 8–9 September 2026 disrupted more than 1,000 flights across UK airports, with over 2,000 cancellations reported by 10 September. The outage lasted nearly four hours on 8 September, affecting London Heathrow, Gatwick, and other major airports, triggering days of cascading travel chaos and passenger ordeals.
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Technical issues are causing disruption to flight departures in the UK this afternoon, according to the leading provider of air traffic control services.
Departures from London airports worst hit with most flights since 2pm affected as National Air Traffic Services investigates technical problem Flights around the UK are facing delays and disruption due to an air traffic control issue which has affected a string of airports including Heathrow and Gatwick. Departures from London airports are most severely affected, with few take-offs since a fault w
NEW: A technical failure at UK air traffic control provider Nats has caused major flight delays and cancellations across the country. Around 200 flights have been cancelled, with more expected. Ryanair says more than 65,000 passengers have faced delays of up to eight hours, while British Airways and easyJet have also reported disruption. Nats says engineers have identified the problem and are work
Air traffic control issue affecting airports across UK on Tuesday has been resolved but disruption could continue into Wednesday Flight disruption across UK continues after air traffic control technical issue Business live – latest updates Airports across the UK including Manchester, Birmingham and all those in London were hit by problems at air traffic control on Tuesday. The technical issue at a
Britain's air traffic control provider NATS said a technical issue in its flight data processing system disrupted flights across UK airports on Tuesday, forcing more than 1,000 cancellations and delaying hundreds more at major hubs including Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester, Stansted and Birmingham, as well as airports in Scotland [theguardian.com#1][thehindu.com#2][theglobeandmail.com#1][michaelwest
The boss of an air traffic control provider is due to speak to the Britain's Transport Secretary as disruption is set to continue after a technical issue grounded flights.
European budget carriers Ryanair and Wizz Air have called for an overhaul of Britain's air traffic control provider NATS following a new technical issue that disrupted hundreds of flights at key airports in the country.