Air traffic disrupted in Italy due to technical fault

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16/10/2026 08:28

ROME, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Air travellers were facing delays and cancellations across Italy on Friday due to a technical fault affecting air traffic control, which authorities said was not caused by malicious activity. 
Air traffic authority ENAV ENAV.MI said it introduced temporary restrictions on air traffic capacity after detecting anomalies overnight on the data transmission network supporting air traffic control services nationwide.
Rome airports operator ADR said that "due to technical issues affecting air traffic control systems nationwide, flight delays and cancellations may occur," and advised passengers to contact their airline.
Milan airports company SEA issued a similar notice.
The source of the problem has been identified and efforts are under way to restore full operations, ENAV said.

 (Reporting by Alvise Armellini, editing by Edwina Gibbs)
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