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Flight check-in and boarding issues impacts several major U.S. airlines

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Around 11:00 (UTC -4), several customers reported check-in issues at different U.S. and Canadian airports. Sabre, the company that provides IT solutions to airlines like American Airlines, WestJet, Alaska Airlines and JetBlue reported a brief technical issue that impacted multiple carriers. 

Indeed, airlines were not able to check in or board passengers resulting in queues at check-in and boarding gates, flights were not able to depart. Forty minutes later, Sabre was able to track down the source of the problems. On the technical issue Sabre said: “We are aware of the issues facing some of our customers. Recovery is in progress. We apologize for the inconvenience.”

Sabre, developed by Texas-based Sabre Holdings, provides service to more than 400 airlines and 220,000 hotels.

This post was published on 26 March 2019 18:07

Bart Noëth

Working for 25 years in the aviation industry, I changed my career and became a firefighter/EMT in 2021. I like to spend my free time with my two sons, girlfriend, family and friends. I love to travel, wine and dine and support my favourite football squad KV Mechelen. Once an Ironman 70.3 finisher and dreaming of completing a full distance.

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