2024-05-07: Various airports throughout the UK are experiencing outages in their e-gate functions during passport controls on Tuesday evening (7 May, local time). Outages habe been reported among others at the airports in Heathrow International Airport (LGW), London Stansted Airport (STN), Edinburgh International Airport (EDI), Birmingham International Airport (BHX) and Manchester International Airport (MAN). Due to these failures, delays have been occurring. Further disruptions are likely at other airports and cancellations cannot be ruled out.
Further air traffic disruptions are possible. Passengers travelling via the affected airport are advised to contact their airline or tour operator about the current flight status in advance to their journey to the airport.