Airports across Europe experienced widespread disruptions over the weekend following a cyber-attack on a check-in systems provider. A cyber attack targeting Collins Aerospace, the maker of boarding and check-in systems used by a raft of major European airports, led to widespread disruptions, flight cancellations, and hundreds of late flights over the weekend. RTX, the owner of Collins Aerospace, stated that it was aware of a “cyber-related disruption” affecting the company’s software at several European airports, with Heathrow Airport, Dublin Airport, Berlin Airport, and Brussels Airport all reporting some level of disruption. “While this hasn’t yet impacted any Australian airports, it demonstrates the need for Australian airlines to redouble their cyber security controls; especially after the recent Qantas data breach. Professor Phair said that Australian airports need to work on their business continuity plans and rehearse for outages such as this.