Alaska Airlines is requesting a ground stop for its entire fleet because of an IT outage
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Alaska Airlines is requesting a ground stop for its entire fleet because of an IT outage
Alaska Airlines asked to ground its entire fleet of aircraft on Sunday because of an IT outage. The Federal Aviation Administration said in an advisory that Alaska Airlines had requested a “ground stop on all Alaska mainline aircraft” The company did not respond to BI’s query about how many flights would be affected or whether any ongoing flights were interrupted. Per its website, Alaska Airlines has a fleet of 238 Boeing 737 aircraft and 87 Embraer 175 aircraft.
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Alaska Airlines asked to ground its entire fleet of aircraft on Sunday because of an IT outage.
The Federal Aviation Administration said in an advisory on Sunday evening that Alaska Airlines had requested a “ground stop on all Alaska mainline aircraft.”
“At approximately 8 p.m. Pacific on Sunday, Alaska Airlines experienced an IT outage that’s impacting our operations,” an Alaska Airlines representative said in a statement to BI.
“We requested a temporary, system-wide ground stop for Alaska and Horizon Air flights until the issue is resolved,” the statement said, adding that there would be “residual impacts” to the airlines’ operations throughout the evening.
The company did not respond to BI’s query about how many flights would be affected or whether any ongoing flights were interrupted.
Per its website, Alaska Airlines has a fleet of 238 Boeing 737 aircraft and 87 Embraer 175 aircraft.
“We are experiencing issues with our IT systems. We apologize for the inconvenience and are working to resolve the issues,” a notice posted at the top of the airline’s website said at press time.
Representatives for the FAA did not respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.
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Alaska Airlines requests grounding of fleet citing ‘IT outage’
Alaska Airlines has requested a ground stop for all its mainline aircraft. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an advisory notice. The airline told AFP that on Sunday it “experienced an IT outage that’s impacting our operations” Alaska Air Group has a fleet of 325 aircraft, comprising 238 Boeing 737 planes and 87 Embraer 175 aircraft, according to its website. It did not immediately respond to AFP’s requests for comment.
Alaska Airlines has requested a ground stop for all its mainline aircraft according to an advisory notice by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), with the company citing an “IT outage.”
The airline told AFP that on Sunday it “experienced an IT outage that’s impacting our operations” and that it “requested a temporary, system-wide ground stop for Alaska and Horizon Air flights until the issue is resolved.”
The FAA status page showed all destinations being impacted by the ground stop of Alaska’s mainline aircraft.
It did not immediately respond to AFP’s requests for comment.
Alaska Airlines apologized for the disruption, urging travelers to check their flight status before heading to the airport.
“We apologize to our guests for this inconvenience,” it said in a statement.
“There will be residual impacts to our operation throughout the evening.”
The statement, also posted on X, drew a backlash from what appeared to be frustrated passengers.
“This is brutal. We’ve been sitting at the airport for two hours,” wrote an X user named Caleb Heimlich in reply.
Another user, BetterDays, commented: “This started at 8 pm & you’re just posting this now?! Your service has gone way down over the last 5 years.”
The incident comes more than a year after a door plug section of a newly delivered Boeing 737 Max 9 blew out during an Alaska Airlines flight between Portland, Oregon and Ontario, California in January last year.
The 171 passengers and six crew members survived the rapid decompression, but the incident focused minds at the FAA, which grounded many Boeing 737-9 aircraft operated by US airlines.
Last month, US investigators said Boeing’s failure to provide adequate training to manufacturing staff was a driving factor in the near-catastrophic Alaska Airlines mid-flight blowout.
Alaska Air Group has a fleet of 325 aircraft, comprising 238 Boeing 737 planes and 87 Embraer 175 aircraft, according to its website.
Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/alaska-airlines-grounding-fleet-it-outage-2025-7