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All flights were grounded at Edinburgh Airport this morning due to an IT problem with air traffic control.
The airport announced that all flights from the Scottish hub have now resumed, but many passengers may Still facing delays and cancellations All Friday.
According to the airport’s live departures and arrivals board, one flight from Manchester was diverted, about 12 flights were cancelled, and 20 flights were cancelled. facing delaysWith some more than two hours.
Flights to London Gatwick, Bristol, Amsterdam and Frankfurt have been cancelled. Others, including flights to London and Dublin, have been delayed.
On Friday morning, some passengers reported being stuck in planes on the runway.
Passengers said they became “demoralized and stressed” when they heard their flights had been cancelled.
Morven McCall and Cody Stevenson, both 19, told Sky News they were due to travel to Amsterdam on their first holiday together. But when they reached the airport it was announced that their flight had been cancelled.
“I was sick over the summer and I had to cancel two vacations already. This was our first time going somewhere together,” Morven said.
Another passenger said they were told the airspace was closed due to air traffic control midway through their flight.
The airport reported on social media platform X that the outage was a local issue, and advised customers to contact their airline for information about their flight.
An Edinburgh Airport spokesperson said: “Flight have now resumed at Edinburgh Airport following an IT issue with our air traffic control provider ANS. We thank passengers for their patience and understanding.”
The resumption of flights follows an earlier announcement that all flights were halted, which read: “There are no flights operating from Edinburgh Airport at this time.
“Teams are working on this issue and will resolve it as soon as possible. We will provide updates whenever possible – please contact your airline for the latest information about your flight.”
It is understood that the matter was not related to First Cloudflare OutageVisitors to many pages on sites like X, Substack, Canva, and Down Detector saw a “500 Internet Server Error” warning instead of their expected content,
The airport is the sixth busiest in the UK and the busiest in Scotland. Last year 15.8 million passengers used it.
NATS, which manages most of the UK’s airspace, said during the outage that it would “work closely with the affected airlines and assist as best we can”.
A spokesperson for Air Navigation Solutions, which is responsible for air traffic control at the airport, said: “This morning, a technical issue affected one of our systems at Edinburgh Airport, and this has impacted flight operations.
“Our technical capacity has now been restored, and flights have resumed.
“Safety is our number one priority, and our engineers worked at pace to restore system capacity as quickly as possible.
“We regret the inconvenience this may cause and thank everyone for their patience.”
It is not yet known how many passengers have been affected by this incident.