Orly disruption after ATC system failure
May 18, 2025
Air traffic at Paris-Orly Airport was disrupted on Sunday following a technical failure at the control tower that forced France’s civil aviation authority to impose sweeping restrictions on flight operations.
The Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGAC) instructed airlines to cancel 40% of scheduled flights for the remainder of the day after the outage, which occurred early in the afternoon.
In a statement, DGAC confirmed that the system breakdown had prompted severe limitations on activity at the airport.
No further details were given about the nature or cause of the failure.
The aviation regulator said its teams “are fully mobilised to restore normal operations as soon as possible”.
Paris-Orly, the French capital’s second-largest airport after Charles-de-Gaulle, handles a mix of domestic and international services.
