Ryanair CEO Accuses UK Air Traffic Control Chief of Misleading on Outage Cause

Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary publicly accused Nats Holdings CEO Martin Rolfe of lying about the cause of a recent UK air traffic control outage that disrupted thousands of flights. O'Leary claims Nats told Ryanair the cause was an irregular flight plan, the same issue as the 2023 disruption, contradicting Rolfe's public statement that this incident was 'something different.' The dispute highlights ongoing concerns about the resilience and transparency of UK air traffic control infrastructure.