List Of Major European Airports, Airlines Grappling With System Issues Amid Global IT Outages

A tech outage disrupted operations across multiple industries globally on Friday, with airlines halting flights, some broadcasters going off-air, and various sectors from banking to healthcare experiencing system problems.

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Major airports across Europe cited communications issues, while other carriers, media companies, banks, and telecoms firms around the world also reported system outages. Here is the list of affected airports and airlines in Europe:

• London’s Gatwick Airport said it is “affected by the global Microsoft issues” and that passengers may experience delays checking in and going through security.
• Germany’s Berlin Airport said it is experiencing delays to check-in due to a “technical fault.”
• Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport said the “global system failure” had affected “flights to and from Schiphol” and the impact is “now being mapped.” KLM Royal
• Dutch Airlines said the outages are “making flight handling impossible.”
• Scotland’s Edinburgh Airport said the outages mean “wait times are longer than usual at the airport.”
• Spain’s airport authority, AENA, which supervises airports in Madrid, Barcelona and others across the country said the outage “could cause delays” and that its staff are working to solve the problems.
• Prague Airport said the issues have affected its global check-in system, delaying flights.
• Ryanair also confirmed a disruption to the airline’s network, advising passengers to arrive at least three hours before their scheduled departure time.
• Air France, the country’s flag carrier, said the IT issue had disrupted its operations — although flights already in the air are not affected.
• Turkish Airlines said it was experiencing problems with ticketing, check-in and reservations. “Our teams are working diligently to resolve the issue,” the airline said.

Not just in Europe, airlines in the United States like American Airlines, Delta Airlines, United Airlines and Allegiant Air grounded flights citing communication problems. The order came shortly after Microsoft said it resolved its cloud services outage that impacted several low-cost carriers.