A technical issue at the Prestwick air traffic control centre on September 21, 2026 disrupted flights across Scotland, Northern Ireland, and northern England. Airlines including British Airways and easyJet cancelled or delayed services; the fault was later resolved after engineers investigated the problem at the National Air Traffic Services facility.
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Call me Mr Paranoid About Hybrid Warfare, but a “glitch”, aye? www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq... National Air Traffic Services (Nats) says engineers are dealing with the issue at the Prestwick Centre, which handles air traffic control across Scotland and northern England.
Services in Scotland, Northern Ireland and the north of England face delays after fault at Prestwick, says Nats Business live – latest updates Flights are being disrupted in parts of the UK after National Air Traffic Services was hit by its second technical issue in a fortnight. A number of departing and arriving flights at Scottish airports have been severely delayed, with disruption affecting Sc
British Airways and easyJet among those to cancel or delay services after air traffic control fault at Prestwick Business live – latest updates Flights are being disrupted in parts of the UK after National Air Traffic Services was hit by its second technical issue in a fortnight. A number of departing and arriving flights at Scottish airports have been severely delayed, with disruption affecting S
Flights cancelled at airports in Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland https://www. theguardian.com/world/2026/sep /21/uk-airports-air-traffic-control-flights-cancelled-delays-nats-prestwick?CMP=share_btn_url
#News #Aviation #UK Guess the glitch was not solved. https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/sep/21/asian-shares-rise-optimism-us-chinese-talks-trade-ai-oil-falls-live-updates UK transport secretary Heidi Alexander warns ‘there may be some delays as things reset’
An air traffic control issue, now resolved, disrupted some flights in Scotland, England and Northern Ireland, less than two weeks after a technical problem caused cancellations.
In the news | Shortage of air traffic controllers affect most airports across the globe www.halsteadgazette.co.uk/news/nationa... Airports in Edinburgh, Belfast and Manchester were registering delayed flights and urging passengers to check with their airlines.
Flights across Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England were disrupted on Monday after National Air Traffic Services (NATS) experienced a technical