UK NATS publishes report on Prestwick centre technical issue in Sep-2026
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Background ✨
UK CAA set terms of reference for an independent review into NATS’ 08-Sep-2026 outage, which disrupted more than 2000 flights, and said the review would also consider the 21-Sep-2026 disruption; it planned an initial report by end-Jan-2027 and a final report by 08-Mar-20271. Airlines UK CEO Tim Alderslade criticised the 21-Sep-2026 Prestwick disruption and said the CAA review and forthcoming Civil Aviation Bill needed to address underlying weaknesses2.