Ryanair has condemned the CAA’s decision to allow the UK’s air traffic control provider, Nats, to hike its charges by more than a quarter – months after a catastrophic failure of its systems over the August bank holiday weekend.
Airlines and airports face issues with the outage at Swanwick (Credit: iStock)
The budget carrier said the decision, which will see the fees rise from an average of £47 per flight to £64 per flight over the period to 2027, an increase of around 43p per passenger, would tacitly reward Nats for its failure.
Tim Alderslade, chief executive of Airlines UK, the trade body representing UK registered airlines, described the decision as "another kick in the teeth for passengers" whom he said would "inevitably end up footing the bill of millions of pounds".
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