Ryanair again claims air traffic discrimination at Stansted

Ryanair is again claiming air traffic control discrimination against London Stansted flights, submitting a new complaint to the EC and the UK Civil Aviation Authority. The complaint comes a year after a formal CAA investigation cleared air navigation service NATS of breaching licence conditions, after Ryanair and Stansted airport’s operator accused NATS of discriminating against Stansted flights and failing to provide adequate resources to manage traffic. Ryanair’s latest complaint states that London Heathrow is “being given special treatment”, citing CAA data for Q1 of this year indicating that Stansted suffered 15,268min of air traffic control delays. This figure included 13,420min attributed to air traffic control capacity but just 31min linked to staffing. <br/>