Gatwick flights still delayed after air traffic control problem

Flights to and from Gatwick Airport continued to be disrupted today following an air traffic control problem.

Thousands of passengers are affected as airlines struggle to move aircraft and crew to their scheduled location after an issue at the West Sussex airport’s control tower caused flights to be suspended for more than two hours last night.

The problem was resolved but the knock-on effect is continuing to cause disruption, with six flights cancelled and a further 39 delayed between 6am and midday today, according to aviation data website FlightStats.

British Airways, easyJet and Norwegian were among the airlines affected by the closure of the runway.

Yesterday at least 26 flights were diverted and eight cancelled as the airport worked with ANS, its air traffic control provider, to fix the problem.

A Gatwick spokesman said today: “Gatwick is fully operational this morning following an issue with air traffic control systems yesterday.”