Martin Rolfe, Chief Executive of UK ATC provider Nats, was summoned to meet Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander on Wednesday (9 September) as the number of flights cancelled owing to a "technical issue" at the UK's ATC provider this week passed 2,000.
Nats chief given a week to explain latest UK air traffic control meltdown
Airlines
James Chapple
9 September 2026
The boss of the UK's air traffic control provider has been given a week to explain the country's latest ATC meltdown – the third in as many years – after thousands of flights were disrupted when the system fell over on Tuesday afternoon (8 September).
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Nats has been given a week to explain what went wrong on Tuesday
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