Eurocontrol, which coordinates air traffic for more than 40 countries on the continent, tweeted this morning that all of its systems were “now up and running normally” following a glitch yesterday with its Enhanced Tactical Flow Management System.
It said the faulty system was restarted at 19:00 GMT yesterday (April 3) and regular operations had resumed.
“We are doing a full analysis of what happened so that lessons can be learned. Our sincere apologies to all those affected,” Eurocontrol added.
https://twitter.com/eurocontrol/status/981411258279845888
Yesterday Eurocontrol said the problem with the system, used to compare traffic demand against available capacity of a certain air traffic control sector, had reduced Europe’s air capacity by around 10%, with an estimated half of the 29,500 flights scheduled potentially facing “some delay”.
As a result of the problems, Ryanair said it had cancelled “a small number” of flights, adding that “further delays are likely” as the Eurocontrol systems recovered.
A Eurocontrol spokesperson told AFP news agency that the organisation had “never had anything like this before” although insisted "safety was not compromised at any time".
