Computer Woes Continue to Plague Airlines
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The cancellation of 1,100 Christmas Day flights by Comair because of computer troubles is prompting calls for more investments in backup systems and other technologies to prevent further groundings and damage to an already struggling industry.
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Luggage was stacked in rows longer than a football field Monday as airlines struggled to recover from the delays and mix-ups caused by regional carrier Comair's systemwide cancelations during the holiday weekend and the failure of US Airways' baggage system.
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The U.S. Air Force's latest fighters are forced to abort a test flight when onboard computers clocks go awry
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The failure on Friday of a computer system used to help track airplanes flying across the U.S. led to delays and cancelled flights -- and federal officials still aren't sure what went wrong.
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The travails of passengers on a stranded flight showed how strained the system is at times when unpredictable factors like bad weather bring extra stress.
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A computer glitch at Delta Air Lines&#39; regional carrier Comair that stranded thousands of travelers over the Christmas weekend was largely due to a system that was old and operating beyond capacity, a source familiar with the system said on Tuesday.
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The Department of Transportation will investigate a computer glitch that stranded U.S. travelers over the weekend.
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FRANKFURT Lufthansa canceled about 60 European flights and its services around the world were delayed on Thursday after a computer fault in its check-in system, the German airline said.
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British Airways struggled Tuesday to accommodate thousands of passengers affected by technical problems that canceled 21 flights, The Times of London reported.
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A glitch at U.S. Airways yesterday affected self-serve kiosks used by about two-thirds of the airlines' customers, causing long lines and delays that affected air travel even today.
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An eight-year effort to upgrade the computers for the nation's air traffic control system is "facing obsolescence" before it has been completed, the Department of Transportation inspector general said in a report released yesterday.
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A computer glitch at a flight information processing center this morning is delaying flights across the eastern seaboard, according to reports from the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Disagreement regarding passenger data could ground thousands of flights.
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The on-time performance of airlines has reached an all-time low, but even the official numbers do not begin to capture the severity of the problem.
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Hundreds of All Nippon Airways flights were cancelled or delayed Sunday because of computer error.
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At a time when the airlines are facing their most difficult challenges in recent history, they are running through one chief executive after another.
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A 45-minute outage at Air Canadaâs reservation computer during a busy period early this morning caused delays in departures from airports across Canada and in the United States.