Dublin Airport operate full schedule of flights after a ‘challenging day’ on Tuesday
Dublin Airport has said it is operating a “full schedule of flights” on Wednesday in the wake of a major UK air-traffic control fault.
The fault caused widespread disruption at airports on Tuesday including Heathrow, grounding flights and triggering hundreds of cancellations.
Departures faced lengthy delays after the UK air‑traffic control issue left planes unable to take off safely.
Around 200 flights in total were cancelled on Tuesday according to flight‑monitoring site Flightradar24.
A spokesperson for Dublin Airport described Tuesday as a “challenging day”.
In a statement on social media, the team at Dublin Airport wrote; “We’re pleased to report that airlines are operating a full schedule of fligts at Dublin Airport today.
“This follows a challenging day yesterday, when air traffic control issues in the UK resulted in around 90 flights to and from Dublin being cancelled.
“Airlines worked throughout the night to reposition their aircraft, ensuring our busy first wave of flights was able to get underway as normal. Dublin Airport remained open overnight to accomodate and assist the many passengers who had been left stranded in Dublin as a result of yesterday’s disruption.”
They added; “The significant upheaval on Tuesday means the possibility of some disruption across the wider flight network in Europe remains today.
“Passengers, as always, should keep in contact with their airline directly to get the latest updates on the status of their flight.”
In an update on Tuesday, Graeme McQueen, Head of Media Relations at DAA, told the Irish Independent that air‑traffic control issues in the UK were causing delays to flights in and out of Dublin Airport.
As of 5pm, airlines had cancelled 23 outbound and 21 inbound services.
Ryanair and Aer Lingus flights travelling to Dublin from London Heathrow, London Stansted, London Gatwick, Liverpool and Bristol were delayed and cancelled.
Meanwhile, flights travelling from Dublin to London Gatwick, London Heathrow and London Luton were delayed and cancelled.
Flights into Belfast also faced major delays. .
The UK national air traffic control service (NATS) had said in a statement: “We are investigating a technical issue which is causing some disruption to flight departures. Our engineers are on site and we will provide an update as soon as we can.
“We apologise for the delay this will cause to journeys, passengers should check with their airline on the status of their flight. We will provide updates on nats.aero.”