Travelers scheduled to take to the sky Monday could be dealing with flight delays as several major airlines reported system-wide outages in the early-morning hours.
According to airlines-experiencing-systemwide-outages/PsRV03vLuTJePgfgqbCmdP/” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow noopener noreferrer”>The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, many of the largest carriers in the United States were experiencing issues with their systems, including Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines.
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The Federal Aviation Administration revealed the issues faced by airlines were a result of a malfunction with a flight planning weight and balance program called Aerodata. The agency revealed mainline and regional operations were impacted to varying degrees.
While there are still issues being reported across the country, a Delta spokesperson told The AJC the problem had already been fixed.
“A brief third-party technology issue prevented some Delta Connection flights from being dispatched on time this morning has been resolved,” Delta said. “No cancellations are expected due to the issue and our teams are working to resolve some resulting delays. We apologize to customers for any inconvenience.”
The official Twitter accounts for Delta and Southwest revealed more information on the technical glitch:
It’s affecting our flights system wide, and we’re working to see if it’s affecting any other carriers this morning as well. In the meantime, once more information has been made available our Agents at the airport will be happy to disseminate it to y’all. -Rocky
— Southwest Airlines (@SouthwestAir) April 1, 2019
Delta is aware of a technology issue preventing Delta Connection flights from being dispatched. Our teams are working to resume normal operations as quickly as possible. We apologize to customers for any inconvenience. HJF
— Delta (@Delta) April 1, 2019
A similar issue took place last week when widespread computer outages resulted in delays across multiple airlines, including American, Alaska and JetBlue.
