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March 5, 2025

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The World’s Most Popular Flight Tracker Is Fighting an Ongoing DDoS Cyber Attack
(SOURCE: PADDLE YOUR OWN KANOO)

The world’s most popular flight-tracking website and app is facing an ongoing cyber attack that has affected the ability of millions of users to look up flights and other aviation stats.

Flight Radar 24 tracks as many as 200,000 flights globally every single day, displaying them in real-time using ADS-B data from a massive network of more than 40,000 receivers around the world.

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AVIATION

[Video] Real ID Deadline Two Months Away (NBC NEWS)

Ryanair Backtracks Over New Boarding Pass Rules for Millions of Passengers (BIRMINGHAM MAIL)

Thai Airline Halts Some Domestic Flights to Backpacker Hub Due to Air Pollution (THE STAR)

SUSTAINABILITY

$45 Billion Needed For Sustainable Aviation Fuel by 2030 (INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REVIEW)

Red Sea Global Introduces Sustainable Aviation Fuel to Reduce Aviation Emissions in Saudi Arabia (INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REVIEW)

OTHER SECTORS

EU Countries Agree Phased Launch of Entry/Exit System, Ending Years of Delays (EURO NEWS)

Why Business Travel Is Back – Incentives, In-Person Meetings, And Blended ‘Bleisure’ Breaks (MSN)

Business Travel of the Future: Seven Trends That Will Shape the Sector in 2025 (AVIATION DIRECT)

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Crisis24 Intelligence Brief

Australia - Tropical Cyclone Alfred tracking westward in the Coral Sea early March 5. Landfall forecast over southeastern Queensland March 6-7.

Japan - Wildfire near Ofunato City, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, continues as of March 5. One fatality, evacuations reported.

Spain - Flood-related disruptions reported across Gran Canaria, Spain, as of March 4. Flights resuming at Gran Canaria Airport.

United States - Severe weather forecast across the southern and eastern US through early March 6. Power outages and flight disruptions ongoing in Texas.

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