- .Problems have been reported in Charles de Gaulle Paris, London Gatwick, Washington DC, Melbourne, Changi in Singapore, Johannesburg and Zurich
- .Passengers are reporting huge delays at check in desks at a number of airports
- .The computer system said to be hit by the glitch is used by 125 airlines
Airline passengers are suffering major disruption at airports around the world after a computer programme which handles passenger check in systems crashed this morning.
Queues formed at check-in desks around the world after the computer system used by more than 100 airlines crashed this morning.
Problems have been reported at London's Heathrow and Gatwick airports, as well as Charles de Gaulle Paris, Washington DC, Baltimore, Melbourne, Changi in Singapore, Johannesburg and Zurich.
The check-in system is run by Amadeus Altea, which is used by 125 airlines. The company behind the computer programme has said a 'network issue' is causing the problems but that 'services are gradually being restored'.
Other airports, including Melbourne (pictured) in Australia, saw huge queues at the check in desks
This was the scene at Gatwick. The system said to have gone down is used by 125 airlines
There were also long queues at some check-in desks at Hong Kong airport today
Heathrow's departures board showed nearly all planes took off between half and hour and an hour late this morning, with some flights scheduled for this afternoon delayed by a similar amount of time.
A spokesman for the airport said: 'A small number of airlines are currently experiencing intermittent issues with their check-in systems at airports around the world - including at Heathrow.
'Passengers will still be able to check-in for their flight, although the process may take slightly longer than usual.
'We are working closely with our airlines to help resolve the issue as quickly as possible. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.'
This was the scene at Haneda Airport in Tokyo after the computer glitch cause delays
Long queues also formed at Melbourne airport in Australia due to the glitch
A Gatwick Airport spokesman told MailOnline some of their airlines reported faults, but the systems were only down for two minutes.
But other airports, including Melbourne in Australia, saw huge queues at the check in desks as backlogs of passengers quickly formed.
He added: 'This is an airline issue, not an airport issue. This isn't Gatwick software, it's hit a few airlines' check-in systems which are down. There was no major disruption at Gatwick.
'They are using Altea software and there are several airlines that use the same software for check-in and it's that which is affected. They cannot check the passengers in.
'Things are back up and running after a momentary IT glitch.'
More to follow.
One passenger posted this picture of a long queue at Zurich airport after the glitch today
Problems have been reported in Charles de Gaulle Paris, London Gatwick (pictured, file photo) and Washington DC
Airline system gets down sometimes due to any problem but the main thing is resolve the airline issue and pick passengers after not much delay so that they could reach their destination.
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