Gatwick Airport is suffering its third day of disruption with passengers facing severe delays since Sunday.
This morning is off to an even worse start, with 95% of the first 103 flights before 9am taking off late, according to analysis of data from FlightRadar24.
Departures have been delayed by 37 minutes on average this morning.
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary called for the country’s head of air traffic control to be sacked yesterday after major disruption at Gatwick over the weekend.
O’Leary’s airline said: ‘Staff shortages caused multiple flight delays and cancellations at Gatwick airport [on Sunday].
‘This is the latest in a long line of cock-ups by [UK National Air Traffic Services], which has yet again disrupted multiple flights and thousands of passengers at Gatwick.’
Third day of Gatwick disruption
If you were hoping for a cheeky getaway free from the stress of a summer holiday travel, think again.
You might find yourself waiting an average of 37 minutes for your flight to depart if you’re flying from Gatwick Airport.
Some 95% of flights scheduled to leave before 9am this morning were delayed, according to analysis of data from FlightRadar24.
This brings the ongoing disruption into a third day, with Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary continuing his calls for the head of air traffic control to step down.
Cancellations hit Thameslink and Southeastern after track fault in London
Urgent repairs are underway after a track fault was found during an inspection at Petts Wood, southeast London.
Severe disruption will continue until it is fixed, with 40-minute delays and cancellations until 1pm.
Trains may terminate at an earlier stop.
Thameslink services between Orpington and West Hampstead Thameslink / Luton are affected.
Southeastern is also affected between Dover Priory / Ramsgate / Faversham / Ashford International / Hastings and London Cannon Street / London Charing Cross, and between Sandwich / Faversham / Ore / Tunbridge Wells and London Charing Cross, and also between Tonbridge and London Cannon Street.
Hour-long delays on M1 as collision closes lanes
Drivers heading north face 60-minute delays due to a collision along the M1 in West Yorkshire.
This has closed two of five northbound lanes between J41 at Wakefield and J42 at Lofthouse.
One of four southbound lanes are also closed, causing 20-minute delays in this direction, National Highways said.
Police, fire and ambulance services are on the scene.
Police incident shuts A50 in both directions
Staffordshire Police has closed off the A50 in both directions amid an incident they are investigating.
Delays of at least 45 minutes are being reported as traffic is piling up near the scene.
National Highways warned that the major trunk road linking Warrington and Leicester is shut in both directions at the Heron Cross junction.
Traffic monitoring system Inrix issued an alert, saying: ‘A50 in both directions closed, queueing traffic due to police incident from B5490 Stanley Matthews Way (Stadium Junction) to A5007 Victoria Place Link (Heron Cross/Fenton).
‘Congestion to Alhambra Interchange. Traffic can re-join using the slip roads.’
A live map from National Highways shows that traffic is currently queueing back to Meir, Stoke-on-Trent.
No further details on this morning’s incident have been released by police.
Elizabeth line trains cancelled and delayed
Disruptions have been reported on Elizabeth Line services this morning.
A fault with the signalling system at Ealing Broadway means trains have to run at reduced speed on some lines.
As a result, services may be cancelled, delayed by up to 20 minutes or revised.
Routes between Abbey Wood and Heathrow Terminal 4 / Maidenhead / Reading, also between Shenfield and Heathrow Terminal 5, have all been affected.
Disruption is expected until at least 9am, so people are being urged to check the latest information before they travel.
Good morning
Good morning from the Metro news team.
It is just past 6.30am and delays have already been reported on several Tube lines.
This is everything you need to know about travel on the London Underground this morning:
- Circle Line – severe delays have been reported due to the late finish of engineering work at Tower Hill
- Hammersmith & City Line – minor delays have been reported due to the late finish of engineering work at Tower Hill
- Metropolitan Line – there are minor delays following the late finish of engineering work at Harrow-on-the-Hill
- There is good service on all other lines
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