00:00 After Gatwick Airport imposed an 800 flight limit last week due to staffing problems caused
00:09 by sickness, the large-scale airport has confirmed that its limit on its number of flights will
00:13 continue for two more weeks. This is set to see around 150 cancellations over the period
00:19 and more passengers affected. National Air Traffic Services, also known as NATS, said
00:24 30% of Gatwick Airport's staff were unavailable for a variety of medical reasons, one of
00:29 those reasons being COVID. At the time, London Gatwick's chief executive, Stuart Wingate,
00:35 described the move as a difficult decision but said it was one needed to create reliable
00:40 flight programmes, amid ongoing work with the National Air Traffic Services to "build
00:46 resilience in the control tower". NATS has confirmed it's working on a plan agreed
00:50 with London Airport to deliver further resilience ahead of summer 2024.
00:54 [BLANK_AUDIO]
Comments