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American Airlines flights briefly grounded nationwide
Fox Business • • business
Key Points:
- The FAA has lifted the nationwide ground stop on American Airlines flights following a systemwide IT outage, now limiting restrictions to Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) in North Carolina.
- American Airlines reported that system connectivity has been fully restored, and flights are departing again after the brief technology issue impacted some systems Tuesday evening.
- Despite the nationwide order being lifted, CLT remains under a localized ground stop due to heavy congestion and a significant backlog of flights, causing average arrival delays to nearly double from 24 to 49 minutes.
- The FAA noted a 30% to 60% chance that the ground stop at Charlotte could be extended beyond its scheduled end time as American Airlines manages the backlog.
- The airline has apologized for the inconvenience but has not disclosed the cause of the IT outage that triggered the initial ground stop at approximately 6:29 p.m. ET.
