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Delta Meltdown and Handling of Passengers Draws Scrutiny by U.S. DOT

July 22, 2024
As of Monday morning, Atlanta-based Delta has canceled more than 5,000 Delta and Delta Connection flights since the initial global technology outage early Friday morning. Frustrated...
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Airports

Global IT Crash Eases After Disrupting Flights and Trading

July 19, 2024
What will go down as the most spectacular IT failure that the world has ever seen has reportedly been caused by a botched software update from a cybersecurity firm.
Airports

IT Outage Fix Deployed but ‘Some Time’ Before All Systems Restored

July 19, 2024
The chief executive of CrowdStrike, the firm at the centre of the global IT outage, has said he is “deeply sorry” for the incident, but warned it would take “some time” for systems...
Airports

Sweeping Technology Outage Grounds Flights, Disrupts Businesses and Banks Worldwide

July 19, 2024
A sweeping technology outage, seemingly triggered by issues involving widely used Microsoft systems, grounded flights, disrupted businesses worldwide and knocked banks offline...
Ground Handling

Union Rallies Near Atlanta Airport in Push To Organize Delta Workers

July 18, 2024
Atlanta-based Delta, long a target among unions representing flight attendants and ground workers, is facing renewed organizing campaigns, particularly in the run up to the November...