Edinburgh Airport flights grounded due to IT issue at Air Traffic Control

An IT issue grounded all flights at Edinburgh Airport on Sunday, causing travel disruptions. Some flights were diverted to Glasgow.

In Short

• Edinburgh Airport closed due to IT issue.
• Flights grounded, some diverted to Glasgow.
• Passengers advised to check flight status.

LONDON : Edinburgh Airport was shut down by an unspecified information technology issue on Sunday afternoon, causing headaches for passengers at the start of the busy holiday travel season.

All flights into and out of Scotland’s busiest airport were grounded at 4:15 p.m. local time, with some incoming flights diverted to Glasgow Airport about 50 miles away.

Edinburgh airport said engineers were working to resolve the issue.

“Passengers are asked to check the status of their flight with the airline they are flying with before traveling to the airport,’’ the airport said in a statement.