Passengers say they have been “stuck on the tarmac for hours” after all flights were grounded at Edinburgh Airport due to an “IT issue”. The airport released a statement on Sunday afternoon saying an issue with Air Traffic Control meant flights were grounded.

No flights are able to take off or land at Edinburgh Airport due to an IT issue affecting air traffic control. An airport spokesperson said engineers are currently working to fix the issue while many incoming flights were diverted elsewhere.

All flights were grounded at Edinburgh Airport for around four hours on Sunday afternoon and evening due to an IT issue with air-traffic control.

Passengers have been told to check with their flight status with their airline before travelling to the airport

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Flights were cancelled and diverted following the technical issue with air traffic control at Edinburgh Airport this afternoon.

Chaos has erupted at a major UK airport after all flights were grounded due to an IT issue. Flights to and from Edinburgh Airport have been suspended for almost two hours today. A spokesperson for the airport said: "Due to to an IT issue with Air Traffic Control no flights are currently taking off or landing.

All flights at Edinburgh Airport have been grounded due to an ongoing issue. Travellers have been issued updates from their airline alerting them to delays.