Aena has reported that changes are taking place in its systems and in particular at Spanish airports. These problems are due to a global computer failure that has affected several companies.
The fall It has affected both the billing systems and the terminals that inform tourists, and as a result, the vast majority of terminals at airports have been disabled. The first measure was to bill passengers in an analog way, with the resulting delays. In addition, users have expressed their discomfort on social networks.
This Friday July 19 High traffic flows were expected at the main airports of Spain, such as Madrid-Barajas, El-Prat or the airports of the islands. While other airlines, such as British Airlines or United, had to cancel their flights immediately, according to the British press.
The main hypothesis This is a general decline caused by the update of one of the most powerful antivirus systems in existence, which is generally used by large associations and which bears the Crowdstrike seal, specialized media report.
Since then, it is not only the aviation sector that has been affected Other companies with regard to both the financial sector and some media have suffered several interruptions. The problem was discovered in the United States and then spread to other countries, including Spain
Aena is already in the process of restoring some of its systems after suffering the consequences of a global computer incident that affected businesses around the world.
All airports are operational, but some processes are running slower.
Airlines and… https://t.co/iwuH0S8mxF
— Aena (@aena) July 19, 2024
Aena begins to restore her systems
After Aena indicated in their X account that they were working on resolving the issue, they are gradually restoring various systems, which now means that all airports It functionsalthough somewhat slowly depending on the process.
Furthermore, the Spanish company has indicated that “the airlines and airports of other international managers are also try to restore your systems».