"Flights to and from Edinburgh Airport are continuing to be beset by delays, after an undisclosed IT issue grounded passengers for around an hour on the morning of Friday 5 December 2025. The airport issued a statement via its social media channels at around 9.30am, confirming that no flights were currently arriving or departing from the site due an "IT issue" affecting its air traffic control provider."
""Teams are working on the issue and will resolve as soon as possible," the statement added. Over the course of a series of messages, shared online with affected passengers, Edinburgh Airport confirmed the downtime was not caused by a "national issue". At around 10.40am, a follow-up statement was released by the airport, confirming that flights were resuming, with the unspecified IT issue seemingly resolved."
Flights to and from Edinburgh Airport experienced delays after an undisclosed IT issue grounded passengers for an hour on Friday 5 December 2025. The airport issued a 9.30am social media statement confirming no flights were arriving or departing due to an "IT issue" affecting its air traffic control provider. Teams worked to resolve the problem and a follow-up at about 10.40am confirmed flights were resuming. Live departures and arrivals showed knock-on impacts for many flights later in the day. Computer Weekly said Air Navigation Solutions is understood to be the airport's air traffic control provider and that no response had been received. The incident highlights vulnerabilities in legacy IT systems and airport datacentres.
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