Italy’s Air Traffic Cut 50% After Network Problems as Delays Spread Nationwide
ENAV said technicians traced the fault to its data network and restored 75% of airport capacity with a secondary satellite system.
- On Friday, national air navigation provider ENAV reduced Italian airspace capacity to 50% following overnight faults in the data transmission network supporting air traffic control services nationwide.
- Although ENAV ensured "normal management of air traffic, without any reduction in operating capacity" until 6:00 a.m., persistent faults forced the agency to introduce flow management measures as traffic increased.
- Disruptions spread nationwide, affecting Rome, Milan, Bergamo, and Naples airports; at least four flights from Rome Fiumicino to Milan Linate, Riyadh, Tirana, and Trieste were cancelled, with other services reporting delays of up to 60 minutes.
- ENAV ruled out any link between the faults and hacker attacks or sabotage, stating that flight operations remained safe throughout the disruption despite the capacity constraints.
- Technicians are deploying all available resources to restore full system operations while working to determine the exact causes of the network faults and minimize further disruption.
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In the Italian airspace there are problems with the data network. Also affected are connections to Germany. Hacker attacks excludes air traffic control. In the afternoon it issues warning. Due to technical problems in the data network of the Italian air traffic control there have been hours of obstacles in national and international air traffic over Italy. At airports such as Rome, Milan or Bergamo several dozen connections failed since the morn…
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Italy air traffic capacity fully restored after network disruption caused delays
Italy's air traffic capacity has been fully restored after overnight issues with the data transmission network. Air navigation company ENAV ruled out a cyberattack and said that flight operations remained safe. The company switched to a secondary satellite network, allowing…
Italy: Nationwide air traffic control issues disrupt flights at Rome airport
Flight delays and cancellations disrupted Rome’s Fiumicino Airport on Friday 16 October after a fault in the data-transmission network supporting Italy’s nationwide air traffic control system.
Many flights failed, others had a considerable delay: due to a disturbance in the sky, not much was going on in Italy for hours. Air traffic to and from Germany was also affected.
There are a lot of delays and flight cancellations.
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