At least 16 flights by and to Heathrow Airport London were canceled today (31.07.2025), one day after Britain’s air traffic control system caused a great deal of disruption to many airports in the country.
On the website of Hathros Airport – Europe’s largest and most bustling airport – it is reported that at least 16 flights, including these Brussels and Toronto and those expected by the New York and Berlin, were canceled today.
Problems caused yesterday Wednesday (30.07.2025) for a short period of time in Britain’s air circulation Due to a ‘technical problem’as announced by the British National Air Traffic Service (NATS).
This problem led to the cancellation of many flights, although then the normal operation of the airports was restored.
“We are in the process of resuming the regular operation (airports) in the London area,” NATS said yesterday in a post on the X platform, and apologized for the inconvenience. “
From this damage – the second presented in NATS over two years – the Airports of Heathrow and Gatwick in London, as well as Edinburgh, were affected, resulting in 122 flights to 21:30 in Greece, according to Cirium Flight Analysis.
Ryanair Neil McMaon’s business manager called for the resignation of NATS General Manager Martin Rolf, complaining that nothing was taught after the previous damage caused by the automatic flight processing system in August 2023.
“It is scandalous that passengers have once again suffered delays and problems,” he added.
Easyjet business manager David Morgan has pointed out that it is “extremely disappointing” to see that a damage “can cause problems for our clients during this year that is so important and full of travel.”
A spokesman for the British Ministry of Transport said this is “working closely” with NATS to identify what caused the problem, which, according to him, from a control center in Swanwick, in southwestern England.
Transport Minister Heidi Alexander said he will meet today with Rolf in order to “understand what happened and (to consider) how we can prevent his repetition”.
In March fire at an electricity substation had caused major problems at Heathrow Airport, forcing it to remain closed for a whole day.
In addition, at the end of August 2023, extensive damage to the flight control system had caused problems to return to Britain thousands of travelers after a festive weekend. Nearly 2,000 flights had been canceled over two days.