Eurocontrol expecting 53% deterioration in minutes of European airspace delay in 2018

Eurocontrol reported (15-Jun-2018) 9.3 million minutes of ATC delays were experienced in 2017 and that 2018 has already seen 4.3 million minutes of delays. Eurocontrol forecast that as a result of strikes, capacity/staffing shortages and weather, it expects 14.3 million minutes of delay for 2018 - a 53% year-on-year "deterioration". [more - original PR]