Global IT outage causes disruption at Zurich airport
Delays expected: checking the departures board at Zurich airport.
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A worldwide issue affecting Microsoft IT systems on Friday has also had an impact at Zurich Airport, where landings were suspended in mid-morning.
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The airport clarified that flights to Zurich which were already in the air would still be authorised to touch down, but that otherwise there would be no landings.
Delays and cancellations are to be expected, with passengers encouraged to contact their airline for more information, the airport said.
Notably, no flights to the US starting in Zurich were possible, the airport said.
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The outage also had an impact on Swiss air traffic control provider Skyguide, which reduced its capacity of transit traffic by 30%, including in Zurich.
Skyguide was impacted by the global disruption since Friday morning, the company told the Keystone-SDA news agency. Corporate IT was partially affected, but safety in Swiss airspace is guaranteed, it added.
As for Swiss International Airlines, it said on Friday that it had not been directly affected by the issues. However, given that partner companies such as Skyguide were seeing problems, the airline’s flight schedule was also disrupted.
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