{"id":220047,"date":"2024-12-26T11:02:29","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T15:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=220047"},"modified":"2024-12-26T11:02:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T15:02:44","slug":"american-airlines-resumes-flights-after-technical-issue-caused-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/american-airlines-resumes-flights-after-technical-issue-caused-delays\/","title":{"rendered":"American Airlines resumes flights after technical issue caused delays"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-1335106331\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mbs-ad.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mbs-ad.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mbs-ad.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:341\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mbs-ad.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mbs-ad.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>REUTERS: American Airlines\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/companies\/AAL.O\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(AAL.O), opens new tab<\/a>\u00a0said its flights had resumed after a technical glitch forced the carrier to issue an hour-long ground stop, disrupting travel for thousands on Christmas Eve, one of the busiest periods of the year.<\/p><div id=\"antig-4242515921\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png 2160w, 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\/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The issue that briefly affected the carrier&#8217;s ability to get its planes in the air involved network hardware and was caused by DXC Technology&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/companies\/DXC.N\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(DXC.N), opens new tab<\/a>, an operating system vendor responsible for maintaining its flight operations, the airline said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Advertisement \u00b7 Scroll to continueReport this ad<\/p><div id=\"antig-2421798420\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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Will make connections or refunds more complicated too,&#8221; a user had said, tagging American Airlines on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday&#8217;s snafu is the latest technical snag after carriers were hit by a global tech outage tied to Microsoft&#8217;s&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/companies\/MSFT.O\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(MSFT.O), opens new tab<\/a>&nbsp;Azure cloud platform and a software issue at cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/companies\/CRWD.O\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(CRWD.O), opens new tab<\/a>&nbsp;earlier this year.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1679153786\" class=\"antig-content_3 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"CM key_WEB 1300x300_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1301\/h:301\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1301\/h:301\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg 1301w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:69\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:237\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:178\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1301\" height=\"301\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The outage had cost Delta Air Lines&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/companies\/DAL.N\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(DAL.N), opens new tab<\/a>&nbsp;at least $500 million.<\/p><div id=\"antig-667547910\" class=\"antig-content_6 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/resizer\/v2\/75SO2YUZ35PHNJPHIKCKKBJNHM.jpg?auth=c9ace3fcd8bce02e57790d3386107cc698ebd9c5495ccb598d76c4af16406b63&amp;width=1080&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"American Airlines Resumes Flights after Technical Glitch\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Item 1 of 7 Travellers arrive for departing flights as American Airlines resumed its flights after a technical glitch forced the carrier to issue an hour-long ground stop, disrupting travel for thousands on Christmas Eve, one of the busiest periods of the year, at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, U.S. December 24, 2024. REUTERS\/Anna Rose Layden<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>[1\/7]<\/strong>Travellers arrive for departing flights as American Airlines resumed its flights after a technical glitch forced the carrier to issue an hour-long ground stop, disrupting travel for thousands on Christmas Eve, one of the busiest periods of the year, at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in&#8230;&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reutersagency.com\/en\/licensereuterscontent\/?utm_medium=rcom-article-media&amp;utm_campaign=rcom-rcp-lead\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Purchase Licensing&nbsp;Rights, opens new tab<\/a>&nbsp;Read more<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two years ago, Southwest Airlines&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/companies\/LUV.N\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(LUV.N), opens new tab<\/a>&nbsp;experienced a meltdown with its systems during the holidays that led to 16,900 flight cancellations and stranded 2 million passengers. It was eventually fined $140 million in the largest-ever civil penalty for a travel disruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Airlines have upgraded their cybersecurity and operational software systems, but given that there was an exodus of talented workers during the pandemic, the glitches over the last few years are not altogether unexpected, said Ken Quinn, partner at law firm Clyde &amp; Co.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>American Airlines operates thousands of flights per day to more than 350 destinations in over 60 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration in a statement on Tuesday referred Reuters to the airline, reiterating that the carrier had reported a technical issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The issue with American was reportedly the inability of an automated system to calculate or deliver weight and balance (passenger\/baggage\/cargo mass and overall center of gravity) data required to legally dispatch each flight, said Robert Mann, a former airline executive who now runs a consulting firm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The management system may have been unable to load and compute engine power requirements and takeoff performance, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of American&#8217;s hubs, Dallas-Fort Worth, was also experiencing arrival and departure delays, which the airline attributed to adverse weather conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Transportation Security Administration expects to screen a record 40 million passengers over the holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Make sense of the latest ESG trends affecting companies and governments with the Reuters Sustainable Switch newsletter.&nbsp;Sign up&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/newsletters\/reuters-sustainable-switch\/?location=article-paragraph\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reporting by Utkarsh Shetti and Abhijith Ganapavaram in Bengaluru, additional reporting by Shivansh Tiwary; Editing by Shilpi Majumdar, Sriraj Kalluvila and Shinjini Ganguli<\/p>\n<div id=\"antig-4092996696\" class=\"antig-in-comments_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/@hadeedmotorsltd\" aria-label=\"Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:192\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>REUTERS: American Airlines\u00a0(AAL.O), opens new tab\u00a0said its flights had resumed after a technical glitch forced the carrier to issue an hour-long ground stop, disrupting travel for thousands on Christmas Eve, one of the busiest periods of the year. 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