In response to Lusa, ANA - Aeroportos Nacionais explains that some airlines and ground handling companies are being affected due to a computer failure, which is causing constraints, particularly at check-in and when boarding some flights.
The airport manager added that "the IT system at Portuguese airports was not directly affected".
At this moment, says an official source from the company, "the impact of this situation is being assessed and constraints on airport operations are expected that affect airlines and other airports".
Therefore, it asks passengers to find out about the status of their flight before heading to the airport.
A global flaw in Microsoft's system is causing problems for countless companies, including airlines, financial, media, and other industries in various parts of the world.
Please check the facts as the issue happening is not a Microsoft global outage, but a problem with an update released to another piece of software developed by the company Crowdstrike. Systems with this software installed including Windows, Mac OS, and Linux, are affected. Microsoft is engaged in trying to help their customers with this third party software installed, to mitigate the problem.
By Ric from Lisbon on 19 Jul 2024, 13:10