Technical glitches disrupted airline services after Microsoft reported an outage of all its online services. According to analytics company Citium more than 2,000 flights have been canceled worldwide today.
In Eleftherios Venizelos, three flights have been canceled so far, all three from American airlines.
This is about a United flight and two Delta Airlines flights, which normally arrived in the morning at the Athens airport, but their return is unlikely to happen today due to malfunctions in the USA.
As for others, the disruption still exists as, as ot.gr wrote in our country, its systems. “Eleftherios Venizelos” was unaffected however there is a problem with some airlines that use Microsoft systems that are affected and especially the ground services of low-cost airlines.
Therefore, the ground services of these companies are performed manually, such as check-in, resulting in flight delays.
Also as we are in the summer season, delays may also be caused by normal air transport operations at this time.
Microsoft and airports
SKY Express flights are operating normally, without its business being affected by Microsoft’s black out, according to information provided by the company in its announcement.
“SKY express, on the occasion of publications in the domestic and international press about the issues presented by the airlines due to a problem with a system provider, informs its passengers that its flights are carried out normally, and the company’s business operations were not affected, he said.
Earlier, AEGEAN issued a statement according to which “as indicated by international press reports, due to problems with an antivirus system provider, problems have been created in air transport around the world , but there is no impact on our own business operations. However, due to problems caused by the global supply chain and support systems, some services on our site are affected, and our trips to and from the airports that the operations are affected, our passengers can be informed from all the official channels of the company.
Many problems have been recorded in the airports of planet after the technical blackout of Microsoft Corp. Dozens of flights have been canceled while many itineraries are on a razor’s edge.
Airports in the UK and around the world are reporting delays, with some flights being grounded. In Australia, airports, shops and communications are affected, with Australia’s National Cyber ​​​​Security Coordinator speaking of a “massive technical outage”.