HOUSTON — A global technology outage had widespread impacts Thursday night into Friday morning, including at Houston's airports.
Flights at Hobby and Bush were affected, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA said airlines United, American, Delta and Allegiant had all been grounded as well. Around 7:30 a.m., the two airports both said they are "fully operational." The airports still encouraged passengers to check their flight status before heading out.
If you're traveling today, expect delays and get to the airport early. Check the status of flights at Houston airports here Bush | Hobby
United and Delta told KHOU 11 their operations are grounded due to vendor technology issues and that they are closely monitoring the situation. Both airlines said flights that were already airborne ahead of the outage will continue safely to their destinations.
United Airlines update
United Airlines posted about the outage and offered a waiver to change travel.
"A third-party outage is impacting computer systems, including at United and many other organizations worldwide. As we work to fully restore these systems, some flights are resuming. Many customers traveling today may experience delays. We have issued a waiver to make it easier to change your travel plans at http://United.com or the United app. Waiver: http://uafly.co/alerts."
Spirit Airlines update
"A third-party vendor is experiencing a global technology outage that is impacting Spirit’s reservations system and impacting flight operations. We apologize to our Guests for the inconvenience. We encourage Guests traveling today, July 19, to check here for updates before going to the airport.
"Due to the outage, we are currently unable to rebook Guests whose travel plans have been disrupted. We will assist these Guests as soon as possible when our vendor restores service."
Delta Airlines update
"All Delta flights are paused as we work through a vendor technology issue.
"Any customers whose flights are impacted will be notified by Delta via the Fly Delta app and text message. Customers should use the Fly Delta app for updates.
"We apologize for the inconvenience as our teams work through this issue.
"Reports indicated that other airlines may also be impacted."
American Airlines resumes flights
As of 4:45 a.m., American Airlines said it was restoring operations. The airline posted to X, thanking customers for their patience.
"Earlier this morning, a technical issue with a vendor impacted multiple carriers, including American," the airline's post read. "As of 5:00 a.m. ET, we have been able to safely re-establish our operation. We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience."
It's unclear how many American flights were delayed or canceled because of the overnight grounding.
Frontier resumes flights
Frontier began operating flights around 11 p.m. Thursday.
"The ground stop has been lifted, and our systems are gradually normalizing. We are in the process of resuming flight operations," the airline posted to X.
