"Major international aviation hubs across Europe, including London's Heathrow airport and Berlin's Brandenburg airport, continue to face interruptions in their operations following a suspected cyberattack affecting their check-in systems, causing cancellations and delays for thousands of passengers. Heathrow airport said early on Sunday that it is still trying to resolve and recover from the outage of its airline system, while apologising to its customers who have faced delays."
"More than 200,000 passengers transit through the airport, the United Kingdom's largest and busiest, daily, and in July it recorded more than 7.9 million outbound and inbound passengers. list of 3 itemsend of list Meanwhile, as of early Sunday, Berlin airport announced on its website that, due to a systems outage, passengers could experience longer waiting times. Berlin handled a total of 25.5 million passengers in 2024, with an average daily passenger count of almost 70,000."
"Cyberattacks and technical disruptions have shaken the transport industry in recent years, including the temporary shutdown of Japan Airlines' system and American Airlines in December 2024 and the suspected sabotage attack on France's national rail operator in July 2024 in advance of the Paris Olympics. In the recent aviation attack that hit Europe starting on Friday, Dublin and Cork airports in Ireland also reported experiencing minor impacts from a Europe-wide software issue."
Suspected cyberattacks on external check-in and boarding service providers have produced outages across major European airports, disrupting airline systems and causing cancellations and delays for thousands of passengers. Heathrow and Berlin airports reported ongoing system outages and warned of longer waiting times, while Brussels recorded multiple cancellations and delays. Dublin and Cork reported minor impacts from a Europe-wide software issue. Heathrow processes more than 200,000 passengers daily and recorded 7.9 million passenger movements in July; Berlin handled 25.5 million passengers in 2024. Passengers are advised to contact their airlines for flight updates as disruptions may continue.
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