Cyberattack disrupts the main European airports, including Heathrow, Brussels

A cyber attack on a supplier of registration and boarding systems disrupted operations in several major European airports, including Heathrow in London, the busiest on the continent, causing the flight delays and cancellations on Saturday.

Collins Aerospace, which provides systems for several airlines in airports around the world, is experiencing a technical problem that can cause delays for leaving passengers, said Heathrow airport, having warned of delays.

Brussels airport and Berlin airport were also affected by the attack, they said in separate statements.

Assigned electronic recording

RTX RTX.N, the parent company of Collins Aerospace, said that it had become aware of a “disturbance linked to the cyber” of its software in selected airports, without naming them.

“The impact is limited to customer electronic recording and luggage fall and can be attenuated with manual registration operations,” said RTX in an e-mail statement, adding that it was working to solve the problem as quickly as possible.

The attack made automated systems inoperable, only granting manual recording and boarding procedures, said Brussels airport on its website, adding that the incident occurred on Friday evening. “This has a significant impact on the flight calendar and will unfortunately lead to delays and cancellations.”

The airport has said that 10 flights have been canceled so far, with an average period of one hour for all departure flights.

The passengers with a flight scheduled for Saturday were informed by the airports affected to confirm their trip with airlines before going to the airport.

Delta Air Lines said it expected a minimum impact on flights leaving the three affected airports, adding that it had implemented a bypass to minimize the disturbances.

Berlin airport said on his website that there were longer waiting times for recording and that he was working on a quick solution. Frankfurt Airport, the largest in Germany, has not been hit, said a spokesperson.

An official of the Zurich Airport Control of Operations Control also said that he had not been affected.

Easyjet works as normal

Easyjet, among the largest airlines in Europe, said that it currently operated as usual and did not expect the problem to have an impact on its flights for the rest of the day.

The owners of Ryanair and British Airways did not immediately respond to requests for comments.

There was no indication of threats to Polish airports, said Digital Digital Directors and Minister of Digital Affairs Krzysztof Gawkowski.

British Minister for Transport Heidi Alexander said that she received regular updates on the situation.