Irish carrier says British airport's problems 'self-inflicted'
A Ryanair Boeing 737 is reflected in a window as it prepares to land at London Gatwick Airport on Tuesday. The Irish airline says it will not cancel any flights despite the airport imposing a cap on services this week. Photograph by Ben Stansall AFP via Getty Images.Ryanair is refusing to cancel services in or out of London airport, Gatwick, which has capped flights due to a shortage of air traffic controllers.
The airport is likely to cancel around 164 flights this week after limiting daily services to 800 until next Sunday, as sickness, including Covid, has cut air traffic control staff there by around one third. Ryanair declared on Tuesday that it would not “be cancelling any flights to or from Gatwick Airport” as a consequence the UK’s National Air Traffic Services’ self-inflicted staff shortages.
The Irish group added that it paid NATS almost €100 million a-year for a service that is repeatedly short-staffed and which collapsed completely on August 28th, leaving 360,000 passengers without flights and seriously delaying 900,000 more.
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