All systems gone: fall out from the air-traffic control failure

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This week Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary showed a fondness for the written word: “Your system engineers were sitting at home drinking tea instead of being onsite and ready to deal with a total system failure.” ~/AAAHagA~/RgRnFJy6P0THaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvdHJhdmVsL25ld3MtYW5kLWFkdmljZS8_bGlkPWF2NGdxanVwb2Q4NyZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVNpbW9uIENhbGRlcidzIFRyYXZlbCBXZWVrIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMjAtMTAtMjMmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX1RyYXZlbF9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmUuuhcyZYs8OW5SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~ Departing soon? 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The target of the Ryanair CEO’s ire was Martin Rolfe, chief executive of Nats – the UK air-navigation provider, which suffered an IT outage on bank holiday Monday. Mr O’Leary’s airline incurred £15m in care costs for passengers. The carrier pays €100m (£87m) annually in fees to Nats, he wrote, and would welcome getting some of that cash back. But it wasn’t what you might call a polite request. “Your continuing mismanagement of Nats, despite receiving over £1.3m in pay and bonuses, is unacceptable,” the Ryanair CEO wrote to Mr Rolfe. “Either do your job, or leave and let someone competent do it.” In decades of reporting on the travel industry, I have never seen such vitriolic correspondence. The response from the Nats chief executive noted that Ryanair “has its own way of communicating”. Mr Rolfe continued: “However, this abrasive approach is not acceptable. For me to respond directly would normalise this behaviour as a way of doing business, which is not something that any responsible business leader would want to do.” The exchange was even livelier than [a typical day’s WhatsApp messages at No 10, as revealed to the Covid Inquiry](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnFJy6P0TqaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvbmV3cy91ay9wb2xpdGljcy9ib3Jpcy1qb2huc29uLWNvdmlkLWlucXVpcnktYjI0MjM1ODguaHRtbD9saWQ9emg3M3ZoNHg2d2VvJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249U2ltb24gQ2FsZGVyJ3MgVHJhdmVsIFdlZWsgTmV3c2xldHRlciAyMC0xMC0yMyZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfVHJhdmVsX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZS66FzJlizw5blIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj). Just an hour after the letters were made public, MPs on the Transport Select Committee started questioning Mr O’Leary about his experience of the miserable Monday. “[The numpties at Nats didn’t tell us](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnFJy6P4QIAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmluZGVwZW5kZW50LmNvLnVrL3RyYXZlbC9uZXdzLWFuZC1hZHZpY2UvYWlyLXRyYWZmaWMtY29udHJvbC1uYXRzLXRyYW5zcG9ydC1zZWxlY3QtY29tbWl0dGVlLWIyNDMxODg3Lmh0bWw_bGlkPWIzZ2Mydm1odzU4aSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVNpbW9uIENhbGRlcidzIFRyYXZlbCBXZWVrIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMjAtMTAtMjMmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX1RyYXZlbF9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmUuuhcyZYs8OW5SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~),” he revealed. “We had to find out from someone else that they’d crashed their system.” Alongside him was Sophie Dekkers, easyJet’s chief commercial officer. Her airline is also a good few million pounds below par as a result of the Nats system going into what is quaintly known as “maintenance mode”. And she was equally unimpressed with Nats’ communication skills: “The first time we heard from Nats was a letter the following day.” I hope the missive was polite. The airline bosses were followed by Mr Rolfe of Nats; his momentary encounter with the Ryanair CEO in the Boothroyd committee room took the term froideur to polar depths. The Nats boss rebutted the notion of engineers at home with their feet up. “We are a very serious organisation. That would never be the way that we would operate. It doesn’t matter what day it is: we have the right number of air-traffic controllers and engineers on site.” Whatever the cause, [the effect of the Nats failure on travellers was brutal](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnFJy6P0T_aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvdHJhdmVsL25ld3MtYW5kLWFkdmljZS9mbGlnaHRzLWdyb3VuZGVkLXVrLWVhc3lqZXQtcnlhbmFpci10dWktYmEtYjI0MDA5MzEuaHRtbD9saWQ9aWRkY2ltcTNib3VjJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249U2ltb24gQ2FsZGVyJ3MgVHJhdmVsIFdlZWsgTmV3c2xldHRlciAyMC0xMC0yMyZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfVHJhdmVsX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZS66FzJlizw5blIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj). Tens of thousands of passengers slept on airport floors, and others were told their much-anticipated holidays were abruptly cancelled. Cancellations continued for days as airlines recovered their schedules and travellers struggled to get home. What we need to know: could another IT calamity re-occur at Nats? “We’ve put in a number of fixes to ensure it can’t happen again,” said Mr Rolfe. Let’s hope he’s right. 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Felipe Carrillo Puerto International will serve the city of Tulum. Initial links are from Mexico City on Aeromexico and Viva Aerobus, but [Delta](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnFJy6P0SoaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGVsdGEuY29tLz9saWQ9ZWZ1dDdtYmR3aXUwJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249U2ltb24gQ2FsZGVyJ3MgVHJhdmVsIFdlZWsgTmV3c2xldHRlciAyMC0xMC0yMyZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfVHJhdmVsX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZS66FzJlizw5blIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) plans to fly from Atlanta from 1 April 2023 – with connections from the UK. The new facility is 80 miles southwest of the big and busy Cancun airport, which is served from London Heathrow on Virgin Atlantic and Gatwick on British Airways. The new airport will save a two-hour drive from Cancun to Tulum, and also gives access to the Unesco Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve. [Tulum's ultimate five-star sanctuary](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnFJy6P4QAAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmluZGVwZW5kZW50LmNvLnVrL3RyYXZlbC9jZW50cmFsLWFtZXJpY2EtY2FycmliZWFuL21leGljby9ob3RlbC1lc2VuY2lhLXJldmlldy10dWx1bS1iMjEwMDg3MC5odG1sP2xpZD1nMTF5aXIyMnFpejImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1TaW1vbiBDYWxkZXIncyBUcmF2ZWwgV2VlayBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDIwLTEwLTIzJnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9UcmF2ZWxfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgplLroXMmWLPDluUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~)   Question of the week: Best way to Bali? Q What is the best route from Scotland (Edinburgh or Glasgow) to Bali? A Buy a ticket with a stopover in Istanbul en route to the Indonesian island. Turkey’s largest city is barely a four-hour hop from Edinburgh on Turkish Airlines. Furthermore, you can actually get government help to pay for your stay, in this sense: spend at least 24 hours in Istanbul and your Air Passenger Duty liability falls from £91 to £13. The £78 saved is more than enough for a decent hotel in the city. Onwards from Istanbul, the Turkish Airlines flight to Denpasar is over 12 hours, but fortunately the aircraft used is the excellent Airbus A350 – my firm favourite for any long-haul flight. [All you need to know for a trip to Bali](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnFJy6P0T8aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvdHJhdmVsL2FzaWEvaW5kb25lc2lhL2JhbGkvYmFsaS10cmF2ZWwtZ3VpZGUtYmVzdC10aGluZ3MtdG8tZG8tYjIzMTk4NDEuaHRtbD9saWQ9MDQ5NDdjOHAycHdtJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249U2ltb24gQ2FsZGVyJ3MgVHJhdmVsIFdlZWsgTmV3c2xldHRlciAyMC0xMC0yMyZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfVHJhdmVsX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZS66FzJlizw5blIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) STAT OF THE WEEK 20 ~/AAAHagA~/RgRnFJy6P4QLAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmluZGVwZW5kZW50LmNvLnVrL3RyYXZlbC9uZXdzLWFuZC1hZHZpY2Uvd29ybGQtYmVzdC1jb25uZWN0ZWQtYWlycG9ydHMtaXN0YW5idWwtaGVhdGhyb3ctZHVibGluLWIyNDA5NTY5Lmh0bWw_bGlkPWV4Z2s0azZ6N2JwdyZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVNpbW9uIENhbGRlcidzIFRyYXZlbCBXZWVrIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMjAtMTAtMjMmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX1RyYXZlbF9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmUuuhcyZYs8OW5SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~[Years since the final passenger flight of Concorde](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnFJy6P4QSAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmluZGVwZW5kZW50LmNvLnVrL3RyYXZlbC9uZXdzLWFuZC1hZHZpY2UvY29uY29yZGUtc3VwZXJzb25pYy1wbGFuZS1icml0aXNoLWFpcndheXMtaGVhdGhyb3ctYWlyLWZyYW5jZS1hOTYzNTY4MS5odG1sP2xpZD13YnNqejc4Nm11YmImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1TaW1vbiBDYWxkZXIncyBUcmF2ZWwgV2VlayBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDIwLTEwLTIzJnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9UcmF2ZWxfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgplLroXMmWLPDluUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~). The supersonic jet touched down at Heathrow for the last time on 24 October 2003. What you might have missed... Threat level: [Flights diverted after bomb warning against Emirates plane](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnFJy6P0T8aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvdHJhdmVsL25ld3MtYW5kLWFkdmljZS9tYW5jaGVzdGVyLWFpcnBvcnQtYm9tYi10aHJlYXQtZW1pcmF0ZXMtYjI0MzIyMzMuaHRtbD9saWQ9dWF5enZsMDRjbzU0JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249U2ltb24gQ2FsZGVyJ3MgVHJhdmVsIFdlZWsgTmV3c2xldHRlciAyMC0xMC0yMyZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfVHJhdmVsX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZS66FzJlizw5blIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) Mountain view: [Farmer digs up entrance to Snowdonia car park](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnFJy6P4QCAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmluZGVwZW5kZW50LmNvLnVrL3RyYXZlbC9uZXdzLWFuZC1hZHZpY2UvZmFybWVyLWRpZ3MtY2FyLXBhcmstdG91cmlzdHMtc25vd2RvbmlhLXdhbGVzLWIyNDMxODAxLmh0bWw_bGlkPWw2M2gxNnh0eGt0eSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVNpbW9uIENhbGRlcidzIFRyYXZlbCBXZWVrIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMjAtMTAtMjMmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX1RyYXZlbF9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmUuuhcyZYs8OW5SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) Train trick: [Woman dons full hazmat suit on Eurostar to avoid bedbugs](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnFJy6P0T3aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvdHJhdmVsL25ld3MtYW5kLWFkdmljZS93b21hbi1oYXptYXQtc3VpdC1ldXJvc3Rhci1iZWRidWdzLWIyNDI5MTQ2Lmh0bWw_bGlkPXcxNDYyMWJ2bDRhZyZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVNpbW9uIENhbGRlcidzIFRyYXZlbCBXZWVrIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMjAtMTAtMjMmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX1RyYXZlbF9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmUuuhcyZYs8OW5SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) SIMON'S DIARY Every day from Monday to Friday I tackle a top travel story, or explore a topic in more detail than usual in ‘Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast’ – available free on [Spotify](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnFJy6P0TlaHR0cHM6Ly9vcGVuLnNwb3RpZnkuY29tL3Nob3cvMHMwSGwyaExoazR5VTFIMGFHVG5Vdz9zaT05V2dSS3NjYlROMlc1eElLYi1zT0lBJm5kPTEmbGlkPTB1eXhzZW1qdmp2aCZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVNpbW9uIENhbGRlcidzIFRyYXZlbCBXZWVrIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMjAtMTAtMjMmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX1RyYXZlbF9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmUuuhcyZYs8OW5SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~), [Apple Podcasts](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnFJy6P0T8aHR0cHM6Ly9wb2RjYXN0cy5hcHBsZS5jb20vZ2IvcG9kY2FzdC9ncmVlbi1saXN0LXRyYXZlbC13aXRoLXNpbW9uLWNhbGRlci1hbmQtdGhlLWluZGVwZW5kZW50L2lkMTU2NjkxNTc3MD9saWQ9eW4zdGU2aGsxdjBsJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249U2ltb24gQ2FsZGVyJ3MgVHJhdmVsIFdlZWsgTmV3c2xldHRlciAyMC0xMC0yMyZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfVHJhdmVsX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZS66FzJlizw5blIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj), [Pocket Casts](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnFJy6P0SpaHR0cHM6Ly9wY2Euc3QvbXU0bDNjd2Q_bGlkPTRxZng1ZnI2b2lkeSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVNpbW9uIENhbGRlcidzIFRyYXZlbCBXZWVrIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMjAtMTAtMjMmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX1RyYXZlbF9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmUuuhcyZYs8OW5SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) or [Acast](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnFJy6P0TiaHR0cHM6Ly9wbGF5LmFjYXN0LmNvbS9zL2dyZWVuLWxpc3QtdHJhdmVsLXdpdGgtc2ltb24tY2FsZGVyLWFuZC10aGUtaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQ_bGlkPW5rMXU1NGNvaG8zdCZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVNpbW9uIENhbGRlcidzIFRyYXZlbCBXZWVrIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMjAtMTAtMjMmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX1RyYXZlbF9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmUuuhcyZYs8OW5SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~). 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