At least 12 flights between Glasgow, Edinburgh and London have been cancelled so far on Wednesday morning, with further delays and disruption expected after Tuesday's air traffic control outage.
Passengers at Scotland's busiest airports are being warned to expect delays and cancellations from the "horrible" knock-on effects of yesterday's air traffic control outage. Flights to and from Glasgow and Edinburgh Airports this morning are already experiencing disruption and travellers are being urged to check with their airlines.
Widespread cancellations
So far on Wednesday morning, eight flights between Glasgow and London have been cancelled while early morning arrivals from Kos and Larnaca were also cancelled. At least four flights between Edinburgh and London have also been cancelled.
There were further cancellations on routes to and from Lyon, Belfast, Bristol, New York, Nice, Lanzarote and Heraklion.
Recovery efforts
Around 1,300 flights to and from at least 16 UK airports were cancelled on Tuesday, September 8 following a major technical problem that hit air traffic control systems. Tens of thousands of holidaymakers were left stranded for hours, with distressed passengers reporting being left waiting on runways.
Travel journalist Simon Calder warned the knock-on effects from Tuesday's outage were "going to be horrible".
Investigation promised
Martin Rolfe, chief executive of air traffic controller National Air Traffic Services (NATS), said there will be a "very, very thorough investigation" into the technical problem that has caused widespread disruption to flights but "ruled out" a cyber attack as the cause.
In a statement released on social media last night, NATS said: "Work is continuing to assist airlines and airports recover from today's disruption. This has been a very complex recovery and has created difficulties for the whole aviation network, from which it will take time to recover."
"We apologise again for the disruption caused. Passengers should check with their airline on the status of their flight tonight or tomorrow."
