UK airlines face higher air traffic control charges despite recent chaos
by Kalyeena Makortoff from World news | The Guardian on (#6FWBR)
Decision by regulator described as a kick in the teeth' for passengers with flight costs likely to soar
The UK's air traffic controller has been given the green light to increase charges by more than a quarter and add to the cost of flying, weeks after a system failure caused travel chaos and resulted in more than 2,000 flights being cancelled.
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said its pricing decision would give National Air Traffic Services (Nats) the ability to raise fees by about 25% between 2023 and 2027 - in effect increasing the average charge per passenger per flight by 43p to 2.08.
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