One parent said they were hoping to board an 8 a.m. flight, but that didn’t happen either and now they are anxious they will miss their game scheduled for this afternoon. Still, he urged anyone taking a flight on any airline in the coming days to check their flight’s status before leaving their home or hotel online at http://content.abia.org:8080/webfids or by calling their individual airlines. “There wasn’t really any organization”.
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Southwest canceled almost 700 flights Wednesday across its system. A few flights were also experiencing delays of about 25 minutes, according to the city’s Department of Aviation.
Several of the airport concession stands kept their businesses open past normal operating hours so people could get something to eat and drink, Taylor said. The company started to working on the site and they resolved issue site started to work. “It’s, you know – we know we’ve disappointed customers today, and we’re really, really sorry about that”. The airline issued a temporary ground stop at about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.
On Wednesday morning, Southwest reported that most computer systems were again operational.
Southwest Airlines passengers flying out of Baltimore-Washington International Airport Thursday morning can expect long lines following a system outage that grounded hundreds of flights Wednesday. Our Teams are working diligently through the night to resolve issues as quickly as possible.
Several of the airline’s technology systems were affected by an outage that started Wednesday afternoon, causing the cancellation of almost 700 flights and delays for hundreds more. It said “flexible booking accommodation” is available for travelers holding tickets for flights Wednesday through Sunday. I would expect as we bring our operational systems back up, we may be looking at some challenges in the morning as well.
“We are focused on getting customers and their baggage safely to their destinations and apologize to our customers whose travel plans are impacted”, Southwest stated in a Thursday press release.
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