“Delta experienced a computer outage that has impacted flights scheduled for this morning,” said Delta, the world’s second largest airline measured by scheduled passenger-kilometres flown. Flights scheduled for departure were not taking off, but those already in the air were operating normally, Delta said. Delta Air Lines has experienced what it called a “major system-wide network outage”, delaying flights worldwide, and said technicians were working to resolve the computer problem. Delta operates 5,000 departures a day and is a member of the SkyTeam alliance alongside airlines including Air France-KLM. Budget carrier Southwest Airlines last month had to halt departures after a technical outage, while American Airlines had to suspend flights from three of its hubs last September after technical problems.

Source: The Guardian August 08, 2016 10:07 UTC