• 3 months ago
Air traffic control staff shortages at London Gatwick has caused major disruption.
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00:00London Gatwick faces mass flight delays as air traffic control chief called to
00:05quit. Thousands of passengers flying to and from the UK have had their flights
00:11cancelled after a combination of bad weather and air traffic control staff
00:16shortages. Around 3,500 passengers expecting to fly to or from London
00:22Gatwick on 20 flights on Monday morning have been grounded. Most are booked on
00:27EasyJet which cancelled its first flight of the day to Ibiza and six others
00:31including links to Naples and Nice. Passengers were told the cause was air
00:37traffic control restrictions outside the airline's control. The cancellations are
00:42in addition to 64 flights grounded by EasyJet on Sunday due to short notice
00:47staff shortage in Gatwick's control tower. At least a hundred flights were
00:53cancelled on Sunday evening at Gatwick and others run extremely late.

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