The in recent hours show that times are changing and that cyber attacks have become.
These types of scenes that are repeated today in the airports in Brussels (Belgium), of Heathrow, in London, and in that of Berlin-Brandeburg, In Germany they were unthinkable until a few years ago, except for a staff strike.
But this Friday’s cyber attack continues to generate a mess of high flights. To give an example, Brussels airport continues to suffer from air traffic and They have already had to cancel 44 flights of the 257 planned exits and another 28 arrival flights.
As explained to the local media the spokeswoman of the Airport of Brussels, Ihsane Chioua Lekhli, the Aerodrome of the Belgian capital also It has had to redirect six other flights To other aerodromes.
People waiting at Heathrow airport.
Cyber attacks multiply by seven
The increase in cyber attacks to airports is clear. According to these facts They have multiplied by seven (+600%) in the aviation sector in one year.
After using market intelligence and incident analysis, its analysis reflects that agents in the aerospace sector have become in recent years the main objectives of cyber attacks. Everything has to do with the objective of cybercriminals, since They are motivated by factors that include financial gains, ideological agendas and influence operations.
From Thales figure that between January 2024 and April 2025 there were a total of 27 attacks worldwide. In them, up to 22 groups of ransomware (Data kidnapping) different.
Billing problems
The alleged cyber attack knew where to hurt. The computer attack has directly gone to billing counter, affecting the external services provider specialized in data processing in the aeronautics sector Collins Aerospace, a subsidiary of the American Defense Group RTX (previously known as Raytheon).
A situation that has forced to deploy more workers to try to solve the long lines in the billing counters, making the operations of check-in and shipment are done manually.
Some alterations that are planned to last over the next few hours. Although it is still unknown if you can solve the serious incident before this Monday’s flights.
A staff overwhelming
As in Brussels, Berlin airport has also been forced to use more personnel to try to minimize an impact that has not stopped growing throughout the weekend.
In the case of the German aerodrome, the responsible company has assured EFE That there are “some problems” during billing processes, because they must also be done manually.
“The processes since noon on Saturday stabilized, and now we have a relatively quiet and fluid situation for the check in, Some airlines now use added material to perform it“They have explained from the company Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH.
Fear is in the echoes of the Berlin Marathon. Tens of thousands of fans, arriving from all parts of the world, plan to return to their homes from this Sunday afternoon. That could more complicate the situation of long lines.
Heathrow Airport, in London, has also claimed that “the vast majority of flights” have continued to operate despite the incidents, although it has also urged travelers to make checks and checks and Not arriving with too many hours of margin to avoid collapses.
