While the “technical issue” at air traffic control was fixed, after six to seven hours, according to British authorities, the disruption it caused continues to affect passengers around the world, and in our country.

230 flights from Brittany and 271 flights to Britain have been cancelled, a total of more than 500 flights, emphasized the correspondent of SKAI in London Thanasis Gavos. Delays reach up to 12 hours in some cases, and concern four out of five flights involving UK airports. There are about 80 flights that have been affected for passengers from Greece, the SKAI correspondent said.

The technical problem happened today, public holiday in Britainand traditionally one of the busiest days at UK airports, as holidaymakers extended their holidays until today and were due to return not only from Athens and Thessaloniki, but also from islands with destination not only London, but also many regional airports.

The British Transport Secretary Mark Harper it acknowledged that flights are “unfortunately still affected”.

“I would encourage all passengers to read the UK HSA guidance and know their rights when flights are delayed or cancelled,” he added.
The CAA, or Civil Aviation Authority, is the statutory body that oversees and regulates all aspects of civil aviation in Britain.

Heathrow, the UK’s biggest airport said it was “working hard” to minimize the impact of the technical fault, but its schedules were still “significantly disrupted”. “Please travel to the airport only if it is confirmed that your flight is operating,” the airport said in a statement.

Many passengers posted on social media to say they were stuck on planes on runways or in airport buildings in Greece, Spain, Portugal, Israel and elsewhere, waiting to depart on a busy public holiday day. today in parts of Britain.

Delays in many flights and at Athens airport. See an indicative table of arrivals at noon on Monday:

An eyewitness who was inside a plane stuck on the runway bound for Budapest said the pilot informed passengers of a possible delay of 8-12 hours.

Airport managements like his Manchester and of his Stansted London they warned of possible problems in flights. Other airports such as London Luton and Birmingham they said they were working to understand the impact of the problem and the timescale within which normal operations could resume, while British Airways also stressed that it was working closely with NATS to understand the extent of the problem. Other airlines, including Ryanair, said some flights to and from the UK would be delayed or cancelled. Gatwick, south of London, said flight cancellations were likely.

Irish air traffic control provider AirNav Ireland said the problem was causing “significant delays to flights across Europe traveling to, from or through UK airspace”.

Its airport management Dublin highlighted that air traffic control issues are resulting in delays and cancellations of some flights to and from the Irish capital and advised passengers due to travel today to contact their airline in advance to find out about their flight.

Earlier, Scottish airline Loganair said in a post on Platform X that there had been a failure in the network of air traffic control computer systems in Britain, warning that there could be delays to international flights.