Alaska Airlines and regional unit Horizon Air issued a nationwide ground stop on Oct. 23 after a system-wide IT outage that grounded flights across the U.S., forced hundreds of cancellations and left travelers warned to check status. Operations later resumed, but disruptions and cancellations are expected to continue into Friday.
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System-wide IT failure on Oct. 23 grounded Alaska and Horizon, producing hundreds of cancellations and a carrier-wide ground stop; operations resumed but cancellations are expected to extend into Friday.
Adds to near-term financial and operational strain: Alaska recently trimmed its 2025 profit forecast citing higher fuel costs and operational disruptions.
Underscores continuing industry vulnerability to tech failures — see prior incidents including an AWS outage that knocked out multiple carriers' websites and apps and when United grounded all US flights after a tech glitch.
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(TR) Alaska Airlines' IT Outage Brings Flights to a Standstill • airnewstimes.com
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(DE) Technical fault: Alaska Airlines halts all flights • airliners.de
(TR) System outage at Alaska Airlines halts flights • haber.aero
(TR) All flights halted at Alaska Airlines! • airporthaber2.com
(DE) IT outage halts Alaska Airlines' flight operations for two hours • aerotelegraph.com
(ES) IT failure grounds dozens of Alaska Airlines flights • Aviacionline
IT outage forces Alaska Airlines to ground flights amid quarterly results • Airways Magazine
Alaska Airlines Grounds Flights After Widespread IT Outage • news.ssbcrack.com
Alaska Airlines Requests Nationwide Ground Stop After Major IT Outage • Aviation Source
Alaska Airlines issues hours‑long ground stop after IT outage • The Points Guy
Alaska Airlines grounds flights amid widespread IT outage • The Independent
Alaska Airlines grounds all flights after airline-wide IT outage • alaskasnewssource.com
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• Kanishka Singh