US: Airlines working through delays after flight-data snag
US airlines were working their way through hundreds of delayed flights Monday after a data disruption temporarily suspended takeoffs across the country. Southwest was particularly hard hit, as the carrier voluntarily grounded all its planes for 40 minutes during the technology glitch at AeroData, a provider of aircraft weight and balance information. Delays affected 992 of Southwest’s flights, representing about a quarter of the airline’s 4,000 daily flights. “Because of our size and scope, and combined with our ground stop, it had a pretty big impact to our operation,” said a Southwest spokesman. The intermittent problem affected the regional partners of Delta and United Continental. American Airlines said some of its commuter affiliates were affected. The interruption lasted for about 48 minutes starting at 5:24 a.m. in Washington, the FAA said. The weight and balance information provided by AeroData is needed for flight planning, the agency said. Mainline and regional carriers were affected to varying degrees. United said 150 flights by its United Express regional carriers were delayed. Delta said it didn’t expect any cancellations among the Delta Connection flights delayed by the outage.<br/>
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US: Airlines working through delays after flight-data snag
US airlines were working their way through hundreds of delayed flights Monday after a data disruption temporarily suspended takeoffs across the country. Southwest was particularly hard hit, as the carrier voluntarily grounded all its planes for 40 minutes during the technology glitch at AeroData, a provider of aircraft weight and balance information. Delays affected 992 of Southwest’s flights, representing about a quarter of the airline’s 4,000 daily flights. “Because of our size and scope, and combined with our ground stop, it had a pretty big impact to our operation,” said a Southwest spokesman. The intermittent problem affected the regional partners of Delta and United Continental. American Airlines said some of its commuter affiliates were affected. The interruption lasted for about 48 minutes starting at 5:24 a.m. in Washington, the FAA said. The weight and balance information provided by AeroData is needed for flight planning, the agency said. Mainline and regional carriers were affected to varying degrees. United said 150 flights by its United Express regional carriers were delayed. Delta said it didn’t expect any cancellations among the Delta Connection flights delayed by the outage.<br/>
