The Ministry of Civil Aviation confirmed that flights of Egyptian airlines were not affected by what some European airports experienced today, a cyberattack that caused a temporary disruption of information technology systems and partially affected departures from those airports. It added that the situation is being monitored closely through the central operations room in coordination with the relevant authorities.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation said the outage resulted in delays in the arrival of a limited number of flights coming from the affected European airports to Cairo International Airport, including Heathrow, Luton, Brussels and Berlin airports, in addition to delays to some foreign airline flights arriving at Hurghada and Sphinx airports.
In this context, Dr. Sameh El-Hefny, Minister of Civil Aviation, issued directives to take all precautionary measures and raise operational readiness at all Egyptian airports, stressing the need to adhere to the highest standards of safety and technical and operational readiness to ensure that air traffic runs regularly and is not affected by any potential repercussions.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation urges all passengers traveling on foreign airlines to check their flight schedules to confirm the updated times, and affirms that it is continuously following the situation to ensure a swift response to any new developments.
