South-East UK nightmare
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2017 3:31 pm
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Air traffic controllers are warning that UK skies are running out of room amid a record number of flights.
Friday is likely to be the busiest day of the year, with air traffic controllers expecting to handle more than 8,800 flights - a record number.
They have called for a drastic modernisation in the way aircraft are guided across UK airspace.
It comes as the government launches a discussion to shape the UK's aviation industry for the next 30 years.
Air traffic controllers expect to manage a record 770,000 flights in UK airspace over the summer - 40,000 more than last year.
But the ability of the UK's National Air Traffic Control Service (Nats) to deal with this surge is being stretched to the limit, it is claimed