A widespread computer outage is affecting passengers on American, Alaska and JetBlue airlines today. The outage started in the morning, around 11:40AM. The issues are due to problems related to the Sabre computer reservations system, as per their tweet.
We are aware of the issues facing some of our customers. Recovery is in progress. We apologize for the inconvenience.
— Sabre (@Sabre_Corp) March 26, 2019
Affected airlines were unable to issue boarding passes. Sabre is one of a handful of flight reservation systems used by airlines around the world. Sabre, developed by Texas-based Sabre Holdings, provides service to more than 400 airlines and 220,000 hotels.
Looks like the system is back up now, but delays are expected to linger a bit longer. Passengers tweeted photos of long lines at several airports. Some passengers also reported problems on the carriers’ websites and mobile apps.
At Las Vegas airport – @AmericanAir IT systems have crashed and nobody can check in or get boarding passes. 🤦🏻♂️ pic.twitter.com/kRdLserV1x
— Jeremy Grant (@jgrantindc) March 26, 2019
