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Ryanair and Wizz Air demand NATS reform after outage disrupts more than 1,000 flights

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Ryanair and Wizz Air are calling for urgent reforms at the United Kingdom’s National Air Traffic Services after a technical issue disrupted more than 1,000 flights at major British airports on Sept. 8-9, 2026. The disruption has renewed scrutiny of the resilience of the country’s air traffic-control infrastructure.

Discovered 2026-09-10T03:35:39.305285-07:00 | 2026-09-10T03:35:39.305285-07:00

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  • The outage disrupted more than 1,000 flights at major British airports, demonstrating the operational exposure created by failures in critical air traffic-control systems.
  • Ryanair and Wizz Air’s call for urgent NATS reforms puts infrastructure resilience and service continuity at the center of the UK aviation policy debate.

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