'Disruption highly likely' at Belfast City and International Airports due to UK-wide technical issue
Passengers have been advised that "disruption to flights is highly likely" from Belfast City Airport and Belfast International Airport after an air traffic control fault.
The technical issue, which came to light on Monday, has been "identified and remedied", but flights across the country remain significantly disrupted.
In a statement issued at 3:15pm BST, NATS said: "The flight planning issue affected the system’s ability to automatically process flight plans, meaning that flight plans had to be processed manually which cannot be done at the same volume, hence the requirement for traffic flow restrictions.
"Our priority is always to ensure that every flight in the UK remains safe and we are sincerely sorry for the disruption this is causing. Please contact your airline for information on how this may affect your flight."
On Monday afternoon, Belfast City Airport posted on social media that "disruption to flights is highly likely".
It added that passengers are advised to "check the status of their flight with their airline before travelling to the airport".
Belfast International Airport followed with a similar social media post which read: "Due to an ongoing UK-wide technical issue, disruption to flights is highly likely."Whilst this issue is out of our control we are advising all passengers to check their flight status with their airline before travelling to the airport."
UTV understands that some flights have resumed but that numerous passengers are experiencing long delays.
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