Following the widespread Microsoft outage that disrupted flights, banks, media outlets and companies around the world on Friday (July 18), multiple airports reported cancellation of flights leading to passenger inconvenience.
Escalating disruptions continued hours after the tech giant said it was gradually fixing issues affecting access to Microsoft 365 apps and services.
DownDectector, which tracks user-reported internet outages, recorded growing outages in services at Visa, ADT security and Amazon, and airlines including American Airlines and Delta in the US.
Microsoft 365 posted on X that the company was “working on rerouting the impacted traffic to alternate systems to alleviate impact in a more expedient fashion” and that they were “observing a positive trend in service availability.” The company did not respond to a request for comment. It did not explain the cause of the outage further.
Meanwhile, the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Hyderabad, run by GMR Group shared an advisory saying that due to the technical outage, services of some airlines had been impacted.
Sources told PTI that 23 flights — 12 departures and 11 arrivals — including Indigo's flights to Visakhapatnam, Tirupati, Ahmedabad and Bengaluru had been cancelled.
“We are closely working with all our stakeholders to minimise the inconvenience to our flyers. You may please get in touch with the airline concerned for updates on your flight information. We thank you for your support and understanding,” the airport said in a post on social media.
Mumbai airport
As of 3.50 pm, no flight cancellations were reported at Mumbai airport.
Delhi Airport
Delhi Airport, sources in capital too said that as of 3.50 pm, flights were operating normally and just that passengers were being handed manual boarding passes.
(With inputs from agencies)
Escalating disruptions continued hours after the tech giant said it was gradually fixing issues affecting access to Microsoft 365 apps and services.
DownDectector, which tracks user-reported internet outages, recorded growing outages in services at Visa, ADT security and Amazon, and airlines including American Airlines and Delta in the US.
Microsoft 365 posted on X that the company was “working on rerouting the impacted traffic to alternate systems to alleviate impact in a more expedient fashion” and that they were “observing a positive trend in service availability.” The company did not respond to a request for comment. It did not explain the cause of the outage further.
Meanwhile, the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Hyderabad, run by GMR Group shared an advisory saying that due to the technical outage, services of some airlines had been impacted.
Advisory: Due to the global IT outage, services of airlines have been impacted.
We are closely working with all our stakeholders to minimise the inconvenience to our flyers.
You may please get in touch with the airline concerned for updates on your flight information.
We…
— RGIA Hyderabad (@RGIAHyd) July 19, 2024
Hyderabad airport
Sources told PTI that 23 flights — 12 departures and 11 arrivals — including Indigo's flights to Visakhapatnam, Tirupati, Ahmedabad and Bengaluru had been cancelled.
“We are closely working with all our stakeholders to minimise the inconvenience to our flyers. You may please get in touch with the airline concerned for updates on your flight information. We thank you for your support and understanding,” the airport said in a post on social media.
Mumbai airport
As of 3.50 pm, no flight cancellations were reported at Mumbai airport.
Delhi Airport
Delhi Airport, sources in capital too said that as of 3.50 pm, flights were operating normally and just that passengers were being handed manual boarding passes.
(With inputs from agencies)
(Edited by : Jerome Anthony)
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