Dozens of flights out of Sydney delayed up to 80 minutes
Sydney Airport experienced significant flight delays on Friday due to a shortage of air-traffic controllers. Airservices Australia implemented flow management measures to handle the disruption, which lasted several hours.
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The incident highlights systemic vulnerabilities in aviation infrastructure and the impact of staffing shortages on travel networks.
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Share A A A Dozens of flights out of Sydney were delayed on Friday morning by up to 80 minutes because of what the airline industry’s peak body says is a shortage of air-traffic controllers.
Sydney Airport’s Airservices Australia, which provides air-traffic control services, confirmed the delays but said they ended about noon and resulted in an average wait time of only 28 minutes.
Qantas was the world’s most punctual airline in June. Wolter Peeters By the afternoon, Qantas Group said it was still seeing rolling delays related to 75 flights but no cancellations for rest of day.
At least 27 Qantas flights were delayed, 23 were held up at QantasLink and low-cost stablemate Jetstar had 25 of its flights delayed. QantasLink also said it cancelled four flights on Friday.
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