A ransomware attack against Collins Aerospace, a company that provides check-in systems to several airports in Europe, continues to cause major disruptions across the continent for a fourth consecutive day. The widespread technical issues are severely impacting flight schedules.
According to live air traffic data, the scale of the delays is significant. London’s Heathrow Airport has ninety percent of its flights delayed, with an average wait time of twenty-nine minutes. At Brussels Airport, eighty-eight percent of flights are delayed by an average of forty-three minutes. The situation is even more severe at Berlin Brandenburg Airport, where ninety-four percent of flights are delayed with an average delay of one hour. Dublin Airport is also heavily affected, with ninety-one percent of flights delayed by an average of twenty-six minutes.
A spokesperson for Dublin Airport, Graeme McQueen, stated that there is currently no timeline for a permanent fix to be implemented. Airlines are continuing to use manual workarounds while efforts to resolve the IT issues affecting check-in and boarding systems are ongoing.
Brussels Airport communicated that it is expecting limited disruptions to continue through Tuesday and Wednesday. On its official website, the airport noted that the service provider is actively working on the issue, but it remains unclear when a full resolution will be achieved. A warning on Berlin Airport’s website simply advised passengers to expect longer waiting times.
Spokespeople for Heathrow, Brussels, and Berlin airports did not respond to requests for comment. On Monday, the European cybersecurity agency ENISA confirmed that the airport disruptions were the direct result of a ransomware attack targeting Collins Aerospace.
RTX, the parent company that owns Collins Aerospace, has not responded to requests for comment regarding the status of the recovery efforts following the cyberattack.