Heathrow and Gatwick among airports hit by air traffic control problems
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Gatwick's issues show why we should spread flights across more regional airports instead of overloading the big ones.
My connection through Heathrow got pushed back hours. It's always the same few airports causing ripple delays.
These ATC glitches are hitting peak travel times hard. They need more redundancy built into the system.