The airline mentioned its operations had been impacted after it skilled an IT outage
Alaska Airways’ operations resumed late Sunday after it had requested for a floor cease for all of the airline’s mainline plane, in response to the airline and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.
The FAA’s standing web page and Alaska Airways mentioned the bottom cease was canceled as of 11 p.m. native time, following the airline’s request for the bottom cease over an IT outage hours earlier.
“At roughly 8 p.m. Pacific on July 20, we skilled an IT outage that resulted in a brief, system-wide floor cease for Alaska Airways and Horizon Air flights,” a spokesperson for the airline mentioned in a press release to FOX Enterprise.
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Alaska Airways’ operations resumed late Sunday after it had requested for a floor cease for all of the airline’s mainline plane. (Mario Tama/Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)
“As of 11 p.m. Pacific, the bottom cease has been lifted, and our operations have resumed,” the spokesperson continued. “As we reposition our plane and crews, there’ll probably be residual impacts to our flights. It’s going to take a while to get our total operations again to regular.”
The assertion added: “We apologize for the inconvenience and encourage company to verify the standing of your flight earlier than leaving for the airport.”
The FAA’s standing web page and Alaska Airways mentioned the bottom cease was canceled as of 11 p.m. native time. (Bing Guan/Bloomberg through Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)
Earlier on Sunday, the FAA’s standing web page confirmed all locations being impacted by the bottom cease of Alaska’s mainline plane.
“Floor cease all Alaska mainline and Horizon plane,” the FAA standing web page mentioned on the time.
A message on the high of the airline’s web site additionally earlier mentioned it was going through a problem with its IT methods.
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The airline mentioned it requested the bottom cease after it started experiencing an IT outage. (Robert Alexander/Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)
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“We’re experiencing points with our IT methods,” the message learn. “We apologize for the inconvenience and are working to resolve the problems.”
