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The airline has shared a word of warning to travellers (Image: Getty) Ryanair has issued a warning to those who are travelling from a UK airport today. The budget airline has said there is a delay expected across its network today (August 22). This is due to repeated ATC staff shortages across Europe .

Ryanair operates from major UK airports such as Birmingham, London Gatwick and Newcastle, where passengers could experience delays. Ryanair has apologised to its customers for the flights delayed which is set to affect all European airlines. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.



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Ryanair flies to 37 countries, more than 250 airports and has 3,600 daily flights. Ryanair's website stated: "We apologise to our passengers for these repeated ATC flight delays which are deeply regrettable but beyond Ryanair’s control. "We encourage passengers to visit atcruinedourholiday.

com and demand that the EU Commission take urgent action to improve Europe’s ATC system." Trending SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding.

You can unsubscribe at any time. Read our Privacy Policy UK airports that could be affected by Ryanair delays Birmingham Airport (BHX) Bournemouth Airport (BOH) Bristol Airport (BRS) East Midlands Airport (EMA) Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) Liverpool Airport (LBA) London Airports - Stansted, Gatwick, Luton, City (LBA) Manchester Airport (LBA) Newcastle Airport (LBA) Glasgow Edinburgh.

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