United Airlines flyers will be glad to know that the network connectivity problem that led to all UA flights being grounded is fixed. Stranded Friday only lasted 5 hours though repercussions won’t be confined to those 300 minutes. Long lines appeared, with stranded passengers stuck overnight, on an international scale.

United and Continental merged in May 2010 but Continental was able to continue operations.

Ticket agents were mystified and besieged. Everything is online, including check-in, so there was no choice but to stop everything.

The five hour interruption in service will be affecting schedules for up to a week in Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles and San Francisco. For affected passengers, during the duration of the event, their information disappeared, and they were stranded.

31 flights cancelled, 105 flights delayed

Ironically, the United Airline ticket refund request is an online function. During the event, announcements were made that rescheduling of affected flights will not incur additional charges.

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A power outage in Phoenix knocked out all of US Airways computers, grounding flights all over the US.

Boarding pass scanners are also down.

US Airways has published three press releases regarding the outage:

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US Airways Releases Third Update Regarding System Outage
TEMPE, Ariz., Jun 10, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) —

US Airways’ (NYSE: LCC) website, usairways.com and airport computer systems have been restored following a systems outage earlier today.

As the operation returns, flights may continue to be delayed.

Early reports indicate that the systems outage was the result of a power outage near one of the airline’s data centers in Phoenix.

We strongly encourage our customers to check their flight status before arriving at the airport by visiting usairways.com or by calling US Airways Reservations at 1-800-428-4322. (LCCG)

SOURCE: US Airways

US Airways
Media Relations, 480-693-5729

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US Airways Releases Update Regarding System Outage
TEMPE, Ariz., Jun 10, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) —

US Airways’ (NYSE: LCC) website – usairways.com – and the airline’s airport computer systems are back online and we are working to restore operational order following a systems outage earlier today.

Flights throughout the US Airways system have been impacted and are delayed. While usairways.com is back online, it may perform unreliably and in a delayed fashion.

Early reports indicate that the systems outage was the result of a power outage near one of the airline’s data centers in Phoenix.

We strongly encourage our customers to check their flight status before arriving at the airport by visiting usairways.com or by calling US Airways Reservations at 1-800-428-4322. (LCCG)

SOURCE: US Airways

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US Airways Issues Statement Regarding System Outage
TEMPE, Ariz., Jun 10, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) —

US Airways (NYSE: LCC) is experiencing a computer systems outage that has impacted usairways.com and the airline’s airport computer systems.

Early reports indicate that the systems outage is the result of a power outage near one of the airline’s data centers in Phoenix.

Some airport computer systems are coming back online now and we are working to restore operational order.

We strongly encourage our customers to check their flight status before arriving at the airport by calling US Airways Reservations at 1-800-428-4322. (LCCG)

SOURCE: US Airways

US Airways
Media Relations, 480-693-5729

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