IT outage hits German airports, Bild newspaper reports
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on January 3, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026

Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on January 3, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026

An IT outage at German airports disrupts federal police systems, leading to manual passenger checks. Frankfurt airport is managing the situation despite challenges.
BERLIN (Reuters) - Airports across Germany have been hit by a IT outage affecting federal police systems used to check incoming passengers, Bild newspaper reported on Friday, citing the police.
"Our colleagues have to do a lot of things manually that the system used to do. We're still managing to get it done at the moment," said a police spokesperson responsible for Frankfurt airport, Germany's busiest.
Federal police were not immediately available for comment.
(Writing by Matthias Williams, Editing by Friederike Heine)
The main topic is an IT outage affecting federal police systems at German airports, impacting passenger checks.
Airports, including Frankfurt, are conducting manual checks to manage the situation despite the outage.
Frankfurt airport, Germany's busiest, is primarily mentioned in the context of the IT outage.
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