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Airlines have complained about weather and ATC delays (Image: Getty) READ MORE Jet2 issues urgent warning to Brits on flights to popular holiday destinations Ryanair has issued an apology for an ‘unacceptable’ level of delays on its flights - and explained why it was happening. The admission came as Jet2 warned of potential delays to flights due to weather this week, and easyJet and Wizz were also forced to make schedule changes. Ryanair spoke out today (July 1) in a statement after it admitted that passengers had been hit by ‘excessive’ delays over the weekend.

The airline put the blame on air traffic control in Europe - although other carriers like easyJet and Jet2 were also hit - and they highlighted bad weather as a key cause. Ryanair said: “Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, on Mon 01 Jul apologised to its passengers for the excessive flight delays caused by European ATC staff shortages today 01 Jul which are affecting all European airlines.



“ATC services, which have had the benefit of no French ATC strike disruption this summer, continue to underperform (despite flight volumes being 5% behind 2019 levels) with repeated “staff shortages”. On Mon 01 Jul, 19% of Ryanair’s first wave departures (111 of 578 aircraft) were delayed due to ATC “staff shortages”. These repeated flight delays due to ATC mismanagement are unacceptable.

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