Several of the main airports of Europe They began experimenting since Friday night failures in their billing and shipping systems, due to those that some experts have described as a cyber attack to the company responsible for providing this service.
According to a Report of the EFE agency, the situation caused delays and cancellations of flights in terminals With great traffic such as Brussels, in Belgium, Berlin-Brandeburg in Germany and Heathrow, in the United Kingdom capital.
Difficul Airport Operations Experience on Saturday 20 Septernmber. Check The Status of Your Flight Before Coming To The Airport. More Information on Our Website: https://t.co/cgtagagaip9j pic.twitter.com/lro8haigal
– Brussels Airport (@brusselsairport) SEPTEMBER 19, 2025
“There was a cyber attack on Friday night, September 19, against the systems of the billing and shipping services that affected several European airports, including Brussels,” the Aerodrome of the Belgian capital, where there were more than twenty affected flights, warned through its communication channels, where there were more than twenty affected flights.
The incidence forced the operations of Check-in And embarkation manually, nine flights were canceled and another fifteen suffered delays of an hour or more, according to the authorities.
Heathrow and Berlin with “technical problems”
Without talking about cyber attacks, from Heathrow airport, in London, he said that Collins Aerospace, a company that provided billing and boarding systems to several airlines in the world, experienced a “technical problem” that could cause flight delays.
While advising to check the status of its itineraries, he explained to the passengers that the affected company “works to solve the problem quickly.”
Collins Aerospace, Which Provides Check-in and Boarding Systems for Several Airlines Across Multiple Airports Glory, is experiencing to Technical Issue that May causes Dears for Department Passangers.
While the provider works to solve the problem quickly, we advise … pic.twitter.com/f68e9Cbilu
– Heathrow Airport (@heathrowairport) SEPTEMBER 20, 2025
Berlin-Brandeburg airport, in Germany, was also affected by this anomaly, which generated longer waiting times in billing and shipping, as well as delays.
“Due to a technical problem with a systems provider that operates throughout Europe, there are long waiting times in the Check-in. We are working on a quick solution, ”said the German airport.
So far it has not transcended the origin of the possible cyber attack, and no person or group has claimed the fact.
Dublin evacuation
Amid the uncertainty experienced by the failures, this Saturday, terminal 2 of the Dublin airport, as a “security measure”, after receiving an alert, after receiving an alert, review The 20minutos medium.
“The safety of passengers and staff is our highest priority,” the airport wrote in its profile of social network X.
(1/2) Update 13:50: Dublin Airport Confirgms Terminal 2 Has Received The All-Clear. Passengers Will Shortly Re-Enter & Flights are Expecta To summarize with 30 Mins.
Subs Temporary Disruption May Continue During the Reminder of the Day – Check with your Airline for Updates. pic.twitter.com/ftokbpillk
– Dublin Airport (@Dublinairport) SEPTEMBER 20, 2025
In turn, anyone present at the airport was recommended to follow the staff to the designated meeting points and warned that flight operations could be affected “temporarily”.
The Irish police (Garda) confirmed through the same platform the presence of agents in the “scene of an incident”, while images spread on social networks showed how thousands of people expected outside the airport complex.
At 3:00 pm, local time, the authorities announced that the terminal had received the approval and that the passengers could return, although without ruling out future incidents.
