US airlines hit by system-wide outages

Monday, 1 April 2019 15:38

Hundreds of passengers have been impacted after three major US airlines experienced system-wide computer outages.

Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines Co took to their social media accounts to report the system-wide outage, with United Airlines saying they were unable to create paperwork.

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

I completely apologize, we are currently experiencing a System-Wide Outage we are working diligently to get it back up and running. We do not have a specific time as yet. TMC
— Delta (@Delta) April 1, 2019

It appears that we are experiencing an outage that is impacting our ability to create release paperwork, Katie. We know this is frustrating, and we will get you in the air as quickly as possible. ^CM
— United Airlines (@united) April 1, 2019

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