European airports struggle to fix check-in glitch after cyberattack
- 22-Sep-2025
BRUSSELS: Some of Europe’s biggest airports battled to restore normal operations on Sunday after hackers disrupted automatic check-in systems, with Brussels asking airlines to cancel half of Monday’s flight departures due to persistent problems. Hackers on Friday targeted check-in and boarding systems provider Collins Aerospace, owned by RTX (RTX.N), opens new tab, disrupting operations at […]
Heathrow, other airports face chaos after cyberattack
- 20-Sep-2025
BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT/LONDON: A cyberattack on a provider of check-in and boarding systems has disrupted operations at several major European airports including London’s Heathrow, the continent’s busiest, causing flight delays and cancellations on Saturday. Collins Aerospace, which provides systems for several airlines at airports globally, is experiencing a technical issue that may cause delays for departing passengers, […]
Strike calls on Monday at Berlin, Hamburg airports
- 11-Mar-2023
Germany’s Verdi trade union has called for strikes on March 13 at the country’s northern airports, including Berlin, which it said would likely cause longer queues for passengers and flight cancellations. The strikes will affect Berlin’s international airport, as well as the smaller airports of Hamburg, Hanover and Bremen, the relevant regional branches of the […]
Berlin airport cancels all flights over strike
- 25-Jan-2023
BERLIN: All passenger flights were cancelled at Berlin Brandenburg airport (BER) on Wednesday, as staff walked out in a dispute over higher pay. Some 300 flights were either scrapped or rescheduled, the airport said, affecting around 35,000 passengers. The day-long “warning strike” was called by the powerful Verdi union to ramp up pressure ahead of […]