Overview

• BER spokesperson Axel Schmidt said delays persist on Thursday with three departures canceled so far, after a dozen departures and a dozen arrivals were scrubbed on Wednesday.
• The airport’s passenger and baggage handling system remains offline, with firefighters and surface-service staff continuing manual baggage sorting.
• Airlines and ground handlers are deploying extra personnel and rolling out some of their own systems to stabilize operations.
• The attack hit Collins Aerospace on Friday evening and disrupted systems used at Berlin, Brussels, Dublin and London Heathrow, while other major German airports were unaffected.
• UK authorities detained a suspect and later released him under conditions as cross-border investigations proceed, and Berlin officials are calling for vulnerabilities to be identified and fixed.