Flight cancellations continue in the UK after ATC outage

The aftermath of the closure of the UK airspace has continued to be felt as passengers remain delayed overseas, and flights are cancelled. As the effects of the ATC outage continue to be felt across the industry, aviation analytics firm, Cirium, has revealed the true scale of cancellations as of 9am today. On August 28, 799 flights were cancelled departing UK airports– equivalent to around 27% of all departures, with 786 flights arriving into UK airports being cancelled. Heathrow saw the highest number of cancellations, followed by Gatwick and Manchester. The next day, 182 flights were cancelled departing UK airports – equivalent to around 6%