Ryanair’s O’Leary accuses UK air traffic control boss of lying over outage
Ryanair RYA.I Chief Executive Michael O'Leary on Thursday accused the head of Britain's air traffic control operator of lying about the cause of an outage that led to thousands of flight cancellations earlier this week.
Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary has accused NATS, Britain's air traffic control operator, of lying about the cause of a recent outage that led to thousands of flight cancellations. O'Leary claims NATS told Ryanair the issue was caused by a rogue flight plan, similar to a previous incident in 2023. However, NATS CEO Martin Rolfe maintains that the latest outage was caused by "something different" from the 2023 event.
O'Leary has repeatedly called for Rolfe to resign and has previously stated he believes Rolfe is lying to save his own skin. In response, NATS stated the latest outage was caused by a different issue and did not immediately comment on O'Leary's latest remarks.
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