RYANAIR has warned that consistent technical failures could result in chaos for families heading on holiday this summer.
This comes after an issue earlier this week that caused hundreds of flights to be delayed by up to three hours.
A disruption to UK air traffic control (ATC) involving the Met Office caused earlier this week caused huge issues for airlines.
A technical fault at the Met Office meant that National Air Traffic Services (NATS) were unable to access weather data – so planes were not safely able to take off.
The issue delayed 155 Ryanair flights and impacted almost 30,000 of its passengers.
On July 7, Ryanair reported delays of up to three hours.
easyJet also experienced disruption too with 253 of its flights delayed.
Ryanair has now accused NATS of repeatedly failing passengers and has warned of further delays if it continues.
Ryanair Chief Operations Officer, Neal McMahon said: “Nearly three years after NATS’ catastrophic 2023 system meltdown, UK passengers are once again being delayed because NATS’ systems have failed.”
“The most astonishing part is that NATS continues to charge airlines and passengers more every year while delivering a worse service.”
He added: “UK passengers deserve better. Airlines deserve better. NATS’ staff deserve better.”
As a result, Ryanair has called on NATS CEO, Martin Rolfe, to resign.
A NATS spokesperson told Sun Travel: “A Met Office technical issue overnight on 6/7 July meant that we were not receiving vital weather information into our NATS systems for a short period of time.
“Accurate weather information is vital for air traffic controllers and pilots in managing flights safely. As a result, some air traffic restrictions were put in place and removed soon after.
“We continue to work with the Met Office who are working to fully resolve the problem.”
A Met Office spokesperson added: “An issue we had which temporarily delayed delivery of some of our data is now remedied.
“We know customers rely on our data and we’re sorry for the disruption this caused.”