Technical Fault Halts Berlin Airport Operations and Causes Global Ripple Effect

Berlin airport temporarily ceased all flights due to a technical fault, leading to delays throughout the day as check-in services resumed. The issue impacted global carriers, with specific disruptions noted at Hamburg and Zurich airports. Frankfurt's operations remained mostly unaffected, except for flights to and from Berlin.

Berlin airport temporarily halted all flights on Monday due to a technical fault, a spokesperson told Reuters on Friday. While check-in services were restored, delays were expected throughout the day.

The spokesperson did not specify the issue's nature. This event follows system outages by various global industries, including airlines like American, Delta, United, and Allegiant Air, shortly after Microsoft's cloud services outage was resolved.

Hamburg airport reported that issues with Crowdstrike, a cybersecurity firm, affected four of its serviced airlines. Zurich airport, unaffected itself, cancelled flights to Berlin as BER wasn't accepting incoming flights until 1000 GMT. Frankfurt airport also halted Berlin-bound flights until 0945 GMT, though other operations remained normal. Lufthansa anticipated minimal disturbances but warned of potential delays and cancellations.