It’s another day of misery for airline travelers as more than 24,000 flights have been delayed and nearly 2,000 have canceled, a misery map shows, as airlines continue to deal with the world’s worst technology disaster.
Saturday travelers are still facing a massive disaster, especially along the East Coast, as airports and airlines continue to recover from Crowdstrike outage.
Just in the last two hours, 825 flights have been delayed in the US, while 200 have been canceled, leaving frustrated travelers. More than 100 of those canceled flights were from Atlanta.
It’s another day of misery for airline travelers as more than 24,000 flights have been delayed and nearly 2,000 have canceled, a misery map shows
Dallas-Fort Worth and Denver were also hit hard.
New York’s LaGuardia canceled 13 percent of flights going out its terminals, and a near equal number canceled coming in. JFK Airport isn’t far behind with five percent of its flights in and out canceled, according to Flight Aware.
Also along the East Coast, Miami, Boston, and Washington DC are leaving travelers struggling to get home.
The West Coast is fairing slightly better, with Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle showing less than 10 percent of both in and out flights canceled.
Several transportation services, businesses, and government agencies are still working Saturday to recovery from the Crowdstrike outage that took place Friday.
Those flying out of Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (pictured) are getting the worst of the chaos as more than 150 flights, or roughly 14 percent, have canceled and more than 30 percent are delayed Saturday
Just in the last two hours, 825 flights have been delayed in the US, while 200 have been canceled, leaving frustrated travelers. More than 100 of those canceled flights were from Atlanta (pictured)
Nearly 50,000 flights worldwide were canceled Friday and more than 5,000 were delayed.
Delta took to X to give its customers an update today, writing: ‘We are continuing operational recovery today following an outside vendor technology issue. For updates on itineraries visit our website or the Fly Delta app. A travel waiver is still in effect for those impacted.’
Britain’s transportation services are also still struggling to get back on schedule.
Gatwick Airport said the ‘majority’ flights would take off today, while Manchester Airport is still checking bags manually, according to CBS News.
The Port of Dover has hours-long wait times as an increased number of passengers are hoping to catch ferries to France.
Several transportation services, businesses, and government agencies are still working Saturday to recovery from the Crowdstrike outage that took place Friday (pictured: Chicago O’Hare Airport)
Britain’s National Cyber Security Center has also warned citizens to be wary of phishing attempts from ‘opportunistic malicious actors,’ according to CBS News.
Germany’s Eurowings airline has mostly gotten back to schedule, but not entirely.
On Friday, the airline encouraged passengers to take trains after it had to cancel around 20 percent of its flights.
US border crossings were also delayed Friday due to the outage.
CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz issued an apology six hours after the ‘blue screen of death.’
‘We are deeply sorry for the impact that we have caused to our customers, to travelers, to anyone who has been affected by this, including our company,’ Kurtz said in an interview with NBC’s Today.
