East Midlands Airport hit by global IT outage

East Midlands Airport has been hit by the global IT outage affecting numerous businesses and organisations on Friday morning – TheBusinessDesk.com included.

Holidaymakers flying out for their summer holidays have been warned that check-in and boarding will take longer than usual as the widespread collapse of computer systems across the globe.

A statement from the airport said: “The global IT problems are affecting some of our airlines this morning. That means some processes like check-in and boarding are being carried out manually and are taking longer than usual for those airlines. The majority of flights operating from the airport are unaffected, but the terminal is slightly busier than usual as a result of the situation.

“Some of our retailers have also been affected meaning they have been unable to process card payments.”

Today had been billed as the busiest day of the summer so far at East Midlands Airport, with 20,000 people expected to pass through its gates.