Gatwick Airport, London’s second-busiest, is limiting flights this week, partly because of an outbreak of COVID-19 within air traffic control.
FILE - Passengers walk into the Departures entrance at the North Terminal of Gatwick Airport near Crawley, just south of London, Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Gatwick Airport, Londons second-busiest, is limiting flights this week, partly because of an outbreak of COVID-19 within air traffic control. In a statement late Monday, Sept. 25, 2023 the airport says a daily limit of 800 flights has been imposed until Sunday, affecting both departures and arrivals.
Gatwick said around 30% of staff in the division within air traffic control are off sick for a variety of reasons, including COVID-19. Stewart Wingate, the airport's chief executive, said the decision “means we can prevent as much disruptions as possible.”NATS apologized to passengers but said that a variety of medical reasons meant it can't manage the normal flows in and out of the airport.
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