Ryanair calls for ‘urgent’ action to reform UK’s ‘hopeless’ air traffic control body Business The boss of low-cost airline Ryanair has labelled the UK's air traffic control body as "hopeless" and called for its chief to be sacked after a damning report revealed a litany of failures at the organisation.
Regulator calls for air traffic control reform after Gatwick and Heathrow meltdown Transport and infrastructure A report following the disastrous NATS air traffic control meltdown last year, has issued a series of recommendations, including possible legislation to prevent it reoccurring. The Civil Aviation Authority released its long-awaited review of the events of 28 August last year, which saw untold chaos with hundreds of thousands of Bank Holiday getaways ruined. Prepared [...]
Former Rolls-Royce boss Warren East appointed Chair of UK’s air traffic control service Aviation Warren East has been appointed chair of NATS, which is looking to rebuild trust after a major IT outage last August caused chaos across UK airspace.