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Regional carrier SkyWest cancels 700 U.S. flights over technical woes

Published 10/21/2021, 11:57 PM
Updated 10/22/2021, 12:35 AM
© Reuters. Flight attendants talk in a nearly empty cabin on a Delta Airlines flight operated by SkyWest Airlines as travel has cutback, amid concerns of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during a flight departing from Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. April 11, 2020. RE

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. regional air carrier SkyWest (NASDAQ:SKYW) Airlines cancelled about 700 flights because of an internal computer issue that crippled operations for five hours before it was resolved, the airline said on Thursday.

SkyWest provides regional service for key operators such as American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL), United Airlines, Alaska Airlines and Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL).

A spokeswoman for SkyWest said the schedule changes included flight "cancellations into tomorrow morning, as we work to get crews and aircraft into position."

SkyWest added it was working "to return to normal operations as quickly as possible."

SkyWest confirmed the problem was a "server issue" that affected operations for about five hours.

Earlier, United Airlines said on its website that SkyWest was "experiencing a server outage that has impacted multiple airlines."

Aviation website FlightAware showed SkyWest flights beginning to resume late on Thursday.

Latest comments

Technical woes. Lol seriously drink the Kool aid Reuter's puts out.
Empty skys SFO and Oakland … almost no flights!! People are not flying
Liars. People arent flying! I live near teo major airports and almost nuthinh in the air !!
Technical issues, really? Lol, they don't think very highly of our intelligence.
Yes correct employees mostly senior employees with thousands of hours of seat time . You couldn't pay me to fly with all these newbie's.
i.e. employees walking out due to vaccine mandate
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