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Ryanair announced that it canceled 1,000 flights last month due to air traffic control issues in the UK, strikes in Belgium, and volcanic ash clouds from Mount Etna. The company blamed Britain’s National Air Traffic Services (Nats) chief Martin Rolfe for recent disruptions and called for his resignation. Nats is under pressure following connectivity issues at its Prestwick centre and a previous software fault that caused widespread flight cancellations. Ryanair also reported carrying 20.1 million passengers last month, marking a 4% increase year over year despite industry-wide challenges.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-02,
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Story summary
Ryanair announced that 1,000 flights were canceled last month due to air traffic control (ATC) issues in the UK and strikes in Belgium, as well as volcanic ash clouds from Mount Etna. The company's CEO joined calls for Martin Rolfe, head of Britain’s National Air Traffic Services (Nats), to step down after widespread flight disruptions impacted hundreds of thousands of passengers. Nats experienced two significant ATC issues within a fortnight: a software fault on September 8 and a connectivity issue at its Prestwick center in Scotland. Despite the cancellations, Ryanair reported operating over 111,700 flights last month with 20.1 million passengers, marking a 4% increase year-over-year.
Written for “Ryanair Flight Cancellations” on 2026-10-05,
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Ryanair reveals 1,000 flights cancelled last month amid UK air traffic chaos
The Irish carrier said the cancellations were due to two air traffic control (ATC) issues within a fortnight of each other last month, as well as ATC strikes in Belgium and disruption across Europe due to volcanic ash clouds from Mount Etna eruptions.
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The boss of Britain’s National Air Traffic Services (Nats), Martin Rolfe, has come under pressure to step down after a spate of air traffic issues caused thousands of flights to be cancelled across the industry last month, impacting hundreds of thousands of passengers.
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thousands → come → passengers
The most recent was caused by a “connectivity issue” at its Prestwick centre in Scotland, which was unrelated to an ATC (ATC) software fault on September 8, which caused widespread flight chaos.
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which → cause → chaos
Ryanair has been among those calling for Mr Rolfe to resign and Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has called a meeting with Nats chairman Sir Warren East, the former chief executive of Rolls-Royce, in the coming weeks to discuss the problems.
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Alexander → call → problems
Ryanair’s latest traffic figures showed it operated over 111,700 flights last month and carried 20.1 million passengers, up 4% year on year.
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it → show → year
But Wizz said recently it would cut its flight programme by 5% over the second half of 2026 due to wider Iran war pressures on the travel sector and soaring fuel costs.
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