Airlines, including Delta Air Lines, continued to struggle to restore operations two days after a faulty software update wreaked technological havoc across the world and resulted in the grounding of flights for several airlines.
NEW YORK — Airlines, including Delta Air Lines, continued to struggle to restore operations two days after a faulty software update wreaked technological havoc across the world and resulted in several airlines grounding flights.
Total cancellations in, within or outside the U.S. on Sunday were 1,461, according to the latest data from FlightAware. Delta and United Airlines led the way in cancellations.
Delta Chief Executive Ed Bastian said in a statement Sunday that flight cancellations continued as the airline tried to recover its systems and restore operations. He noted that the pause in Delta operations resulted in more than 3,500 Delta and Delta Connection flights being eliminated. Delta has been offering exemptions to affected customers.
“The technology issue occurred on the busiest travel weekend of the summer, with our booked loads exceeding 90%, limiting our redeployment capacity,” Bastian wrote. “I want to apologize to each and every one of you who was impacted by these events.”
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