DOZENS of flights were stopped from taking off or landing at Edinburgh Airport amid major IT issues this evening.
The airports social media account posted at 4pm on Sunday that Air Traffic Control was being affected by an IT issue.
The post advised passengers to check their flight status before travelling with more than 14 flights cancelled by 6pm. Some travellers claimed to have been “stuck” on flights on tarmac at Edinburgh for more than three hours.
It said: "Engineers are continuing to work on the IT issue currently affecting Air Traffic Control".
In a further update at 7pm, the airport said "the IT issue affecting Air Traffic Control has now been resolved and flights have now resumed,
"Passengers should continue to check their flight status with their airline before travelling to the airport."
Several flights show were shown as being diverted, with Glasgow Airport accepting flights, including:
- British Airways flight BA1462 from London
- Easyjet flight EZY601 from Luton
- Easyjet flight EZY3264 from Munich
- Loganair flight LM316 from Exeter
- Ryanair flight FR6643 from Bratislava
- Ryanair flight RK860 from Agadir
- Ryanair flight FR2885 from Kaunas
Two others were diverted to Manchester Airport.
One passenger Andrea Racekova, a trainee reporter who travelled from Shetland to Edinburgh for her flight, said there were "indefinite delays" for some.
Just as her flight to Slovakia was cancelled, she told The National: "We were supposed to leave at 15:30 for Bratislava, Slovakia.
"We were asked to queue up for boarding as usual, but a few minutes later, we could hear the airport announcements about flights, one by one, being delayed due to 'air control traffic issues'.
"We've not been given any new departure time so far."
She added: "Some people are very frustrated, mainly because they are going to miss some connecting flights.
"The airport staff have been trying to calm everyone down. They've been very helpful, but I understand some passengers are very upset."
Cirium, an aviation analytics firm, revealed 14 departing and 12 arriving flights had been cancelled by 6pm.
The airport was expected to see 303 flights on Sunday (152 departing and 151 arriving), according to Cirium.
