{"id":5332,"date":"2023-04-19T09:07:51","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T09:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=5332"},"modified":"2023-04-19T09:07:51","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T09:07:51","slug":"more-than-half-of-southwest-airlines-flights-delayed-after-technology-problem-paused-departures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=5332","title":{"rendered":"More than half of Southwest Airlines flights delayed after technology problem paused departures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-1\" class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\">Southwest Airlines<span id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\"><\/button><\/span><\/span>\u00a0briefly paused its departures on Tuesday after reporting technical problems, delaying half of its planned flights.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Aviation Administration said the ground stop had been lifted, but more than 2,100 flights were delayed as of 4 p.m. ET, according to flight-tracking site FlightAware. The delays accounted for more than half of U.S. flights on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"BoxInline-container  \">\n<div id=\"BoxInline-ArticleBody-5\" class=\"BoxInline-container\" data-module=\"mps-slot\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cEarly this morning, a vendor-supplied firewall went down and connection to some operational data was unexpectedly lost,\u201d Southwest said in a statement. \u201cSouthwest Teams worked quickly to minimize flight disruptions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Southwest shares fell 0.8% on Tuesday, while the broader market and other large airline stocks rose.<\/p>\n<p>Airlines or the FAA will occasionally pause departures, particularly at certain airports, to avoid bottlenecks for parking on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Southwest had a meltdown over the year-end holidays, which drove thousands of flight cancellations and resulted in an $800 million pretax hit for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southwestairlinesinvestorrelations.com\/news-and-events\/news-releases\/2023\/01-26-2023-114537893\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fourth quarter<\/a>. The airline\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/01\/25\/southwest-airlines-tries-to-improve-its-system-after-holiday-meltdown.html\">upgraded<\/a>\u00a0scheduling software that couldn\u2019t handle numerous changes to crew assignments during severe winter weather late last year.<\/p>\n<p>The issues Tuesday did not appear to be related to that software.<\/p>\n<div class=\"MidResponsive-midResponsiveContainer\">\n<div id=\"MidResponsive-1\" class=\"\" data-module=\"mps-slot\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The previous meltdown increased scrutiny on the airline\u2019s technology from Washington.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is another demonstration that Southwest Airlines needs to upgrade their systems and stop the negative impacts to individual travelers,\u201d said Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, in a statement Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Southwest is scheduled to report first-quarter results on April 27 before the market opens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southwest Airlines\u00a0briefly paused its departures on Tuesday after reporting technical problems, delaying half of its planned flights. The Federal Aviation Administration said the ground stop had been lifted, but more than 2,100 flights were delayed as of 4 p.m. ET, according to flight-tracking site FlightAware. 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