Now that services are resuming we will be closing this blog shortly. You can read our report here
Flights resume at Edinburgh airport following issue with air traffic control provider
Flights are resuming at Edinburgh airport after it suspended operations on Friday morning because of an IT issue in air traffic control.
Flights were beginning to take off around 10.40am, according to a statement posted by the airport on social media.
Some departures had waited on the tarmac for around two hours, and some disruption and delays were expected to persist. Inbound flights had been diverted.
Passengers were earlier advised to contact airlines for information on flights as the airport and its service provider worked to resolve the problem.
About 15 million people a year – an average of 43,000 a day – fly from Edinburgh, making it Scotland’s biggest airport, with flights to 155 destinations.
EasyJet and Ryanair flights were among the airlines caught up in the cancellations.
Air traffic control issues – and IT failures – have become one of airlines’ most recurrent problems. The airport also closed due to a global IT problem with Crowdstrike last July.
Edinburgh’s services are provided by Air Navigation Solutions.
The issue is understood to be unrelated to the Cloudflare outage today.
Updated
At least one flight, a redeye Delta Airlines flight that left New York just after 10 p.m. local time on Thursday, was diverted to Dublin, landing at 9:45 a.m. Friday local time. according to flight tracker FlightRadar24.
Edinburgh Airport is Scotland’s busiest airport, serving an estimated 15.8 million passengers in 2024, according to the airport website.
With just one ranway and one terminal, 37 airlines operate out of Edinburgh, flying to 155 destinations.
Edinburgh Airport suspends all flights because of technical issue
Edinburgh Airport grounded all flights Friday morning because of a technical issue with its air traffic control provider, airport officials said in a statement posted on social media.
“Teams are working on the issue and will resolve as soon as possible,” the statement reads.
Airport officials urged passengers to contact the airlines for information on their flights.
More to come.
