At least 200 flights departing or arriving into the UK have been cancelled after the latest technical glitch to hit air traffic control.

An issue at an air traffic control centre in Prestwick caused flight chaos across England, Scotland and northern Ireland.

Tens of thousands of passengers face delays and cancellations as a result.

Air Traffic Control provider NATS confirmed the issue has now been fixed but warned passengers to continue checking flight details.

According to aviation analytics firm Cirium, easyJet is the most impacted airline with 47 of its 670 scheduled departures from the UK cancelled.

The disruption has directed renewed anger at the UK’s air traffic control system after the second meltdown this month.

Prestwick Centre manages air traffic across northern England, Scotland and out into the North East Atlantic.

A NATS spokesperson said earlier: ‘We are investigating a technical issue at our Prestwick centre in Scotland.

‘To maintain safety, air traffic regulations have been applied to manage traffic demand.

‘Engineers are on site investigating and working to resolve the issue. The issue is unrelated to the technical problems experienced earlier this month.

‘We apologise for the disruption and any delays to passengers’ journeys. Passengers should check with their airline for the latest information on their flight.’

Luton Airport said domestic flights were impacted due to the chaos, while Glasgow Airport said further delays were expected.

Belfast International Airport said it was experiencing ‘some delays to flights’ and advised passengers to check their travel information.

Belfast City Airport shows a number of departures and arrivals to and from Manchester, Amsterdam, London City, Glasgow and Edinburgh have been cancelled.

Nikki Ferguson was due to fly out from Glasgow to Paris Charles de Gaulle for a trip to Disneyland Paris today.Mrs Ferguson, her husband and their two daughters, aged seven and 15,travelled down on Sunday and stayed near the airport only to find the flight had been cancelled.

She said: ‘It has been a bit of a whirlwind. My youngest daughter was crying thinking we were not going to get to go.We’re still feeling stressed, not sure if we’re actually going to get there today or not.

‘We booked the holiday a year ago, it was the girls’ big Christmas present.We’re going for a week with three days in Disneyland and the rest of the time doing touristy things around Paris.

‘We have been really looking forward to the holiday.It’s not been the best start to the trip, but if we still get there then it’s fine.’

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said the technical issues would be ‘deeply frustrating for passengers after the previous issue’.

British Airways has said it is ‘disappointing’ that some customers may experience disruption after ‘yet another technical fault with Nats’.

Ryanair has said more than 25,000 of its passengers are expected to be disrupted.

The airline repeated its calls for NATS chief executive Martin Rolfe to resign after more than 2,000 flights were disrupted on September 8.

Their Chief Operations Officer, Neal McMahon, said: ‘Martin Rolfe’s report claimed that another failure was ‘unlikely’ and that NATS could recover more quickly if one occurred.

‘Those claims have been exposed as completely worthless. Just three days later, passengers are once again suffering lengthy delays because NATS has failed to deliver either a reliable system or an effective back-up.’

Tim Alderslade, chief executive of Airlines UK, said passengers ‘deserve better’.

He added: ‘The UK’s ATC (air traffic control) system is critical national infrastructure and it must be resilient enough to keep people moving.’

NATS operates two air traffic control centres in the UK – one in Swanwick in Hampshire and the other in Prestwick.

The flight chaos comes two weeks after more than 2,000 flights were cancelled after multiple UK airports were hit with air traffic control issues on September 8.

London’s Gatwick and Heathrow Airports halted all departures as a result of the problem, with other UK airports including Birmingham, Manchester and Belfast reporting issues.

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