BELGIAN ATC EQUIPMENT FAILURE ON THURS (2 OCT) DELAYS 139 RYANAIR FLIGHTS & OVER 25,000 RYANAIR PASSENGERS

Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (Thurs, 2 Oct) called on the Ursula von “Derlayed-Again” to urgently reform the EU’s broken ATC system, after today’s ATC equipment failure at Belgium’s ATC Centre caused avoidable delays to flights to/from Belgium, including the delay of 139 Ryanair flights and over 25,000 Ryanair passengers.

Ryanair has long called for EU ATC reform, but Ursula von “Derlayed-Again” ignores these repeated ATC delays/cancellations, which have disrupted over 30m EU passengers so far this year. Ryanair is now calling on EU passengers to visit the ‘Air Traffic Control Ruined Your Flight’ webpage and demand that Ursula von “Derlayed-Again” take urgent action to reform the EU’s broken ATC.

Ryanair’s Director of Comms, Jade Kirwan, said:

“It is unacceptable that passengers continue to suffer ATC delays/cancellations as a result of repeated ATC mismanagement across Europe, this time in the form of an equipment failure Belgium’s ATC Centre, which delayed 139 Ryanair flights and over 25,000 Ryanair passengers. Yet, EU President Ursula von “Derlayed-Again” sits in Brussels doing nothing to protect EU passengers. Ryanair calls on all passenger to visit the ‘Air Traffic Control Ruined Your Flight’ webpage and demand that Ursula von “Derlayed-Again” take urgent action to reform the EU’s broken ATC.”