Flights cancelled – please check airport websitepublished at 15:19
Shehnaz Khan
BBC News, West Midlands
Birmingham airport’s departure board is showing , externalEurowings flights to Dusseldorf and Prague and a KLM flight to Amsterdam have been cancelled.
In a statement , externalon its website, KLM says there was “limited air traffic” due to the global computer outage and it was working “tirelessly” to restore operations.
All passengers are advised to monitor KLM’s website or the app for the latest information regarding their flights.
“This means that customers should expect delays and cancellations,” a spokesperson says.
“We urge passengers not to come to the airport if their flight is not departing or is severely delayed.”
Image source, LEX VAN LIESHOTAll Birmingham passengers are being advised to monitor flight details on the website., external
The majority of flights were “operating as normal,” but some check-in desks were “experiencing delays,” an airport spokesperson said earlier.
Not all airlines were impacted by the IT outage.
“The best advice for all is to check the airline or to monitor our arrivals/departures pages on our website as all info, once received, from an airline will be updated there,” a spokesperson said.
Almost 1,400 flights have been cancelled around the world and others delayed.
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