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Collins Aims to Restore Berlin Airport Core System by Sunday After Cyberattack

Ransomware disabled key passenger services, forcing manual workarounds across the airport.

Overview

  • Berlin Brandenburg Airport remains in an exceptional operating state with ongoing delays and some cancellations as manual processing continues.
  • Collins Aerospace has about 20 IT specialists working nearly around the clock to rebuild the affected platform from scratch.
  • Officials say the goal is to bring the core system back this Sunday, with check-in counters and boarding gates reopening in phases over several days.
  • A provisional baggage-sorting solution is active for initial airlines, self-service kiosks still function, and carriers have deployed their own devices to speed processing.
  • Investigators describe the incident as a ransomware attack, a UK suspect was arrested and released under investigation, and reports point to exploited vulnerabilities in legacy software.