RYANAIR CALLS FOR URGENT ATC REFORM IN EUROPE FOLLOWING ATC STAFF SHORTAGES & EQUIPMENT FAILURE ON WED, 28 AUG WHICH CLOSED EINDHOVEN AIRPORT
Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (28 Aug) apologised to its passengers for the excessive flight delays and small number of flight cancellations caused by European ATC “staff shortages” and the “equipment failure” in the Netherlands ATC centre today (Wed 28 Aug), which are affecting all airlines operating to/from Eindhoven and Amsterdam. Despite EU flights in 2024 being 5% lower than 2019 levels, and even with the benefit of much fewer French ATC strikes, Europe’s ATC […]
RYANAIR CALLS ON GOVT TO CUT GERMANY’S ACCESS COSTS OR RISK 10% FURTHER FLIGHT CUTS
EUROPE’S NO.1 AIRLINE WARNS GERMANY WILL LOSE 1.5M SEATS IF ITS BROKEN AIR TRAVEL MARKET NOT FIXED Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (August 20), called on the German Govt. to urgently cut its sky-high air access costs by reversing the recent 24% increase in Aviation Tax (and ultimately abolish it) or lose another 10% of Ryanair’s German capacity (1.5 million seats) for Summer 2025. Whilst other EU markets, such as Hungary, Italy, Poland, and Sweden, […]
RYANAIR CALLS FOR URGENT ATC REFORM IN EUROPE 60 FLIGHTS CANCELLED, 150 FIRST WAVE DEPARTURES DELAYED DUE TO ATC “STAFF SHORTAGES” & “EQUIPMENT FAILURE”
Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (28 Jun) apologised to its passengers for the excessive flight delays and over 60 flight cancellations caused by European ATC underperformance yesterday (Thurs 27 Jun) and again today (Fri 28 Jun), which is affecting all European airlines. ATC services, which have had the benefit of no French ATC strike disruption this summer, continue to underperform (despite flight volumes being 5% behind 2019 levels) with repeated “staff shortages” and now “equipment […]
RYANAIR CALLS ON EU COMMISSION PRESIDENT TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION OR RESIGN AS FRENCH ATC STRIKE CANCELS 100 FLIGHTS TO/FROM PARIS BEAUVAIS AIRPORT ON THURS, 6TH JUNE
Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (5th June) called on the EU Commission to take urgent action to protect passengers during yet another French ATC strike taking place tomorrow (Thurs), 6th June, which has forced the airline to cancel almost 100 flights to/from Paris Beauvais Airport at short notice. Since 2023, there has been 84 days of French ATC strikes forcing airlines to cancel thousands of EU overflights from Germany, Spain, Italy, Ireland, and the UK, […]
RYANAIR CALLS FOR MANAGEMENT CHANGE AT UK NATS ATC
CAA REPORT SHOWS NATS MISLED PARLIAMENT OVER FLIGHT DELAYS, ENGINEERS AT HOMEAND LACK OF PRE-PLANNING Ryanair, the UK’s no.1 airline, today (14 Mar) welcomed the CAA’s interim report into NATS’s ATC collapse on 28 Aug last, which disproves false claims made by CEO, Martin Rolfe, in NATS’s “Whitewash” Report published last Sept, including; Given their mismanagement and incompetence, UK NATS must now reimburse airlines and passengers for the costs they suffered as a result of […]
RYANAIR CALLS FOR NATS CEO MARTIN ROLFE TO RESIGN AS FURTHER NATS STAFF SHORTAGES FORCE EAST MIDLANDS AIRPORT TO CLOSE
Ryanair called again for NATS CEO Martin Rolfe to resign (or be removed by the UK Govt) as East Midlands Airport is forced to close today (14 Feb) causing hundreds of passengers to suffer unnecessary delays due to further NATS Air Traffic Control (ATC) staff shortages. Today’s forced closure of East Midlands Airport due to NATS staff shortages follows the NATS system failure in Aug last, which caused cancellations and long delays for hundreds of […]
RYANAIR CALLS FOR NATS CEO MARTIN ROLFE TO QUIT AS GATWICK NATS SYSTEM FAILS…AGAIN
Ryanair the UK’s no 1 airline renewed its call for NATS CEO Martin Rolfe to quit (or be removed by the UK govt) as the Gatwick Air Traffic Control (ATC) system collapsed again today (9 Dec) delaying hundreds of flights and thousands of passengers at London Gatwick airport today. Today’s NATS failure comes just over 3 months after Martin Rolfe presided over another NATS system failure on 28 August. These repeated failures show its time […]