Edinburgh Airport flights resume after IT issue grounded planes

Flights to and from Edinburgh Airport had been grounded for a number of hours on Sunday on account of an IT subject.

Simply earlier than 16:00 GMT, an airport spokesperson mentioned engineers had been working to repair a difficulty that had affected air site visitors management.

Each incoming and outbound flights had been considerably delayed, with some cancelled solely.

In an replace, the airport mentioned the difficulty was resolved and flights had resumed at about 19:00, however passengers had been nonetheless suggested to verify the standing of flights with their airline earlier than travelling to the airport.

Whereas engineers tried to repair the issue, numerous flights had been cancelled or diverted for a number of hours, together with the next flights which have since landed at Glasgow Airport:

• Loganair flight LM316 from Exeter
• Easyjet flight EZY601 from Luton
• Ryanair flight FR6643 from Bratislava
• British Airways flight BA1462 from London
• Easyjet flight EZY3264 from Munich
• Ryanair flight RK860 from Agadir
• Ryanair flight FR2885 from Kaunas

A 15:30 Turkish Airways flight from Istanbul and a 16:05 Ryanair flight from Gran Canaria had been diverted to Manchester Airport.

In a press release posted to X on Sunday night, Edinburgh Airport mentioned: “The IT subject affecting Air Site visitors Management has now been resolved and flights have now resumed.

“We want to thank passengers for his or her endurance and understanding.”

Air Navigation Options, the air site visitors management supplier at Edinburgh Airport, additionally confirmed to the BBC that issues occured on account of “a technical subject”.

“Our engineers have restored the system to operation and flight operations re-commenced at 18:25. We remorse the inconvenience that has been brought about,” it mentioned.

Andrea Racekova, an apprentice journalist for BBC Information, was amongst these affected by the cancellations.

The 26-year-old travelled from Shetland to Edinburgh to be able to catch a flight to her residence in Slovakia for an vital blood take a look at she has been ready months to obtain.

Reporting from the airport, she mentioned: “I discovered about the entire subject by Ryanair workers on the gate after we might been requested to queue up for boarding.

“We had been requested to sit down down because the flight would not depart for no less than one other half-hour.”

Andrea waited for information, however her flight was cancelled altogether.

She mentioned: “Folks round me are very annoyed, a few of them have connecting flights to catch, so the final temper right here could be very tense.

“The airport workers have been making an attempt to calm everybody down. They have been very useful, however I perceive some passengers are very upset.”