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O'Leary describes Nats' ATC failure as 'unacceptable' in stark video message

Air
Will Payne
29 August 2023

Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary has said UK Nats’ air traffic control failure on Monday (28 August) was "unacceptable".

Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary (Credit: Ryanair)

Michael O'Leary has not ruled out the idea of opening a holiday division (Credit: Ryanair)

Speaking from Ryanair’s operations centre in Dublin airport following the ATC failure which saw a quarter of all inbound and outbound UK flights cancelled on Monday (28 August), O’Leary said the airline has so far not received an explanation for the incident.