Airports Caught in Snarl; Delays Everywhere!

August 26th, 2008

As you read this, airline flights are in a mess, all across the country. 

Every airport in the United States has been affected by an unexpected glitch in an Atlanta scheduling computer.  The FAA has indicated the problem has been corrected, but has not said when things will return to "normal." The glitch led to ground stops on hundreds of departing flights and is forced some flights in the air to circle their arrival airport rather than land.  The problem began at about 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time and worsened, with thousands of flights in the air and thousands more due to depart.  Gate-hold times exceeded one hour as air traffic controllers worked to get flights already in the air on the ground.  So far, we have no word of problems with Hawaii-bound flights.

If you are scheduled to fly later today, don’t assume the airlines are disseminating up-to-date information.  This is an FAA issue, not an airline issue.

Keep watching this space.  We’ll keep it as current as we can.

Posted by Jim Winpenny

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