Ryanair, Europe’s no.1 airline, has today (17 May) called on Naviair and Min. of Transport, Thomas Danielsen, to protect passengers whose flights are being needlessly delayed due to a lack of air traffic controller resources in Naviair.

In the past 4 months, over 600 flights and over 110,000 passengers have suffered delays at Copenhagen Airport due to ongoing staffing issues. Last month, Naviair promised “a more stable operation in May and the coming months” yet have taken no action to protect passengers or prevent these daily delays caused by air traffic controllers refusing to take extra shifts after months of overtime due to a shortage of staff at the airport.

Ryanair calls on Naviair and the Danish Govt to take immediate action and protect passengers travelling to/from Copenhagen Airport during these ongoing delays, particularly over the busy bank holiday weekend.

Neal McMahon, Ryanair’s Chief Operations Officer said:

“It is completely unacceptable that passengers continue to suffer delays at Copenhagen Airport due to the ongoing staffing issues, which have already impacted more than 110,000 passengers in the past 4 months.

Danish citizens and visitors to Denmark should be able to travel to see friends and family, particularly over the bank holiday weekend, without the worry of their flight being delayed needlessly by Naviair’s failure to settle this staffing dispute.

Copenhagen airport is the major access point into Denmark and it is time that Naviair and Min. for Transport Thomas Danielsen take immediate action to protect passengers and prevent any further needless delays at Copenhagen Airport.”