Southampton Airport has issued a warning to its customers following nation-wide issues with air traffic control.

This afternoon, they tweeted: "Air traffic control provider NATS is currently experiencing a technical issue across its UK-wide airspace network.

"It’s anticipated services operating to and from our airports will be impacted.

"We would ask passengers to check with their individual airlines for updates."

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On the Southampton Airport website, several flights by Loganair have been cancelled today.

This morning, the airline tweeted that there had been 'a network-wide failure of UK air traffic control computer systems'.

It said 'north-south and international flights may be subject to delays'.

As of 3.45pm, NATS tweeted to say it had 'identified and remedied the technical issue affecting our flight planning system this morning' and was 'working closely with airlines and airports to manage the flights affected as efficiently as possible'.

It explained that the technical issue 'affected the system's ability to automatically process flight plans', meaning these had to be done manually - a more time-consuming task which meant flight restrictions had to be put in place for safety reasons.

Earlier today, aviation consultant and former pilot Alastair Rosenschein told BBC Radio 5 Live that the situation with air traffic control was the equivalent to 'every road being closed' on the ground.

Transport Secretary Mark Harper has also waded in on the issue, saying the Government was doing all they could to support NATS.

Meanwhile, travel journalist Simon Calder told Sky News earlier today that "hundreds of thousands" of people will be flying into the UK today, adding that "disruption could last into the week".

He continued: "This is the last thing anybody needs", telling the broadcaster that planes would be touching down in places like Paris and Amsterdam instead of the UK.

"I'm afraid experience tells us something like this is not going to end quickly, it's going to be very messy."

He stressed that passengers would be safe and that contingency plans would be at play.

However, he warned: "If you're booked to fly into or out of the UK be prepared for serious disruption."

Calder said there will be "many thousands of people waking up tomorrow somewhere they don't want to be".

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