The disturbance of the European airport continues after the weekend cyber attack

The disturbances of thefts across Europe should continue, Brussels Airport in Belgium asking airlines to cancel almost half of their flights on Monday.

Several of the most popular airports in Europe have spent the last days trying to restore normal operations, after a Friday cyber-attack has disrupted their automatic access and boarding software.

The disturbances were considerably released in Berlin and London Heathrow on Sunday, but the delays and cancellations of theft remained.

In a Monday morning declaration, the supplier of Collins Aerospace software said it was in the last stages of the completion of the necessary software updates.

Brussels airport said that “the service provider actively worked on the issue”, but it was still “clear” when the problem was solved.

They asked the airlines to cancel nearly 140 of their 276 outgoing flights scheduled for Monday, according to the AP news agency.

Heathrow said on Sunday that efforts to resolve the problem was underway and apologized to customers who had faced a delay in travel.

He stressed that “the vast majority of flights have continued to operate” and urged passengers to check their flight status before going to the airport.

The BBC understands that around half of Heathrow’s flying airlines were back online in a form on Sunday by Sunday – including British Airways, which has been using a rescue system since Saturday.

A spokesperson for Berlin airport told BBC that some airlines were still on board passengers manually and that had no indication of the electronic failure.

A spokesman for the National Cyber ​​Security Center of the United Kingdom said on Saturday that he was working with Collins Aerospace, hit British airports, the Ministry of Transport and the police to fully understand the impact of the incident.

British transport secretary Heidi Alexander also said that she was aware of the incident and “obtained regular updates and monitored the situation”.

The European Commission, which plays a role in the management of airspace across Europe, said that it “closely monitored the cyber attack”, but that there was no indication that it had been “widespread or severe”.

Cyberattacks in the aviation sector have increased by 600% in the past year, according to a recent report by the French Aerospace company Thales.