The carrier says its existing rules already cover key protections, while ministers argue legislation will create consistent standards across airlines operating in the UK. KEY TAKEAWAYS The UK government plans to require airlines to seat children under 14 with an accompanying adult free of charge and to allow free correction of simple name errors after… Read the full news article
The UK aviation regulator will examine system modernisation, regulatory oversight and passenger impacts, with a final report due by 8 March 2027 KEY TAKEAWAYS The UK Civil Aviation Authority has set the terms of reference for an independent review of the NATS technical incident on 8 September 2026. The CAA says more than 2,000 flights… Read the full news article
Warsaw Modlin joins the Winter 2026 schedule while 26 existing routes gain additional frequencies and the airline plans 3.5 million seats from Manchester. KEY TAKEAWAYS Ryanair is adding a 19th based aircraft at Manchester Airport for Winter 2026 and says its schedule will cover 66 routes. Warsaw Modlin is the only new route in the… Read the full news article
The airline is adding 22 UK routes for Winter 2026 while pressing the government on aviation taxation and renewing criticism of NATS after two September system disruptions KEY TAKEAWAYS Ryanair’s Winter 2026 UK programme will span 435 routes, including 22 new services across London and regional airports New London routes include Stansted to Glasgow, Malmö… Read the full news article
Airline says more than 140 flights and 25,000 passengers were affected; NATS says the connectivity fault was fixed and unrelated to the September 8 software failure. KEY TAKEAWAYS Ryanair says more than 140 of its flights and over 25,000 passengers were affected by the September 21 disruption, with some delays reaching three hours. NATS says… Read the full news article
Preliminary findings say more than 2,000 flights were delayed, cancelled or diverted after a legacy fault disrupted flight-data processing; a permanent fix is under test. KEY TAKEAWAYS NATS says a previously unknown legacy software defect was triggered during a roughly one-millisecond timing window while a manual squawk-code request was being processed. The incident contributed to… Read the full news article
NATS says a previously unknown legacy defect triggered six hours of UK airspace restrictions on September 8, while the CAA begins an independent resilience review. KEY TAKEAWAYS Ryanair renewed its call for NATS chief executive Martin Rolfe to resign after NATS published its preliminary findings on the September 8 disruption. NATS says a previously unknown… Read the full news article
COO Neal McMahon calls for CEO Martin Rolfe to go as the government orders a one-week NATS technical report and a separate CAA review KEY TAKEAWAYS Ryanair COO Neal McMahon has called for NATS CEO Martin Rolfe to be removed and questioned the credibility of NATS assessing its own latest system failure. The 8 September… Read the full news article
