- Flyers across the US were reporting issues with American Airlines and JetBlue flights on Tuesday.
- American Airlines said a computer vendor company called Sabre was responsible for the issues.
- The outage affected Boston, Las Vegas, New York, Charlotte, and more.
Software issues were wreaking havoc across the United States on Tuesday due to a computer issue with a major airline reservation system vendor, Sabre.
Flyers on American Airlines and JetBlue reported long lines and confusion at airports ranging from Las Vegas to New York, Boston to Atlanta, and others.
An American Airlines spokesperson said the issue was quickly resolved.
“Earlier today, Sabre had a brief technical issue that impacted multiple carriers, including American Airlines,” the company said. “This technical issue has been resolved. We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience.”
Sabre said on Twitter that its technical issue had been resolved.
.@AmericanAir system run by @Sabre_Corp is down. Crazy scene at @DFWAirport in terminal A...AA staff on the ground is working their tails off. pic.twitter.com/dZ3GeU5Pk4
— Gunnar Rawlings (@G_Rawlings) March 26, 2019
Turns out there is a system-wide computer outage at Charlotte International Airport preventing any flights from leaving. So this is fun.
— Caroline Ballard (@cballardnews) March 26, 2019
@AmericanAir ‘System Wide computer outage’ per our gate agent-Yikes @DFWAirport Seems like it could be a hairy day-In nursing, we have already gone to downtime procedures. #waitingforeternity
— NurseNoodles (@NurseNoodles1) March 26, 2019
Checking in at PSP, @AmericanAir computer system crashes...might be that type of day...
— Dan H (@LarryBird33) March 26, 2019
Not cool @AmericanAir get your sh*t fixed @flyLAXairport should have flown @Delta pic.twitter.com/5WGJWguUE4
— Ryan Cahill (@ryan_cahill1) March 26, 2019
