One major airport is forced to cap the number of flights as 30% of the facility’s air traffic control staff is sidelined.
in Portland, Maine, who said 17 inmates have tested positive for the respiratory virus, following a summer in which infections had waned.Over in England, London's Gatwick Airport has been hit with has been forced to cap flights at the UK’s second largest airport until Sunday due to sickness-related staff shortages.
“This has been a very difficult decision but the action we have taken today means our airlines can fly reliable flight programs, which gives passengers more certainty that they will not face last minute cancellations,” Stewart Wingate, chief executive of London Gatwick, said. The agency added that"with 30% of tower staff unavailable for a variety of medical reasons including covid, we cannot manage the number of flights that were originally planned for this week."Ryanair called upon NATS chief executive Martin Rolfe to step down and promised passengers that it will not scrap flights, saying it is “unacceptable” that NATS has enforced this because of its “failure to adequately staff”.
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