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Edinburgh halts and then resumes flights after ATC provider IT outage

Edinburgh Airport suspended all flights on 5 December after an IT issue at its air traffic control provider, Air Navigation Solutions, briefly halting arrivals and departures and forcing diversions. Services were later restored and operations resumed; the disruption was confined to Edinburgh because ANSL—not NATS—provides its ATC.

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Edinburgh halts and then resumes flights after ATC provider IT outage Edinburgh Airport suspended all flights on 5 December after an IT issue at its air traffic control provider, Air Navigation Solutions, briefly halting arrivals and departures and forcing diversions. Services were later restored and operations resumed; the disruption was confined to Edinburgh because ANSL—not NATS—provides its ATC.

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Edinburgh halts and then resumes flights after ATC provider IT outage

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