Ryanair boss urges air site visitors chief to step down after Gatwick chaos
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary (pictured) urged Martin Rolfe, chief exec of the National Air Traffic Services, to step down
Ryanair’s boss has called again for the head of the company that provides air traffic control to quit.
Michael O’Leary urged Martin Rolfe, chief executive of the National Air Traffic Services (Nats), to step down.
The budget airline’s chief executive said Rolfe should step aside and ‘allow someone competent’ to take over after flights were disrupted at Gatwick Airport on Sunday due to ‘Nats staff shortages’.
O’Leary has repeatedly criticised Rolfe, particularly over the widespread disruption at airports during last year’s August Bank Holiday Monday, which was caused by a Nats technical failure.
Analysis of data from flight tracking website Flightradar24 shows 49 departures and 51 arrivals were cancelled on
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