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SkyWest Inc, the largest US regional airline, suffered “an internal technical issue†that forced 1,200 flight cancellations as jets and crews that were in the wrong places caused operational woes for a second day.
A “server outage†caused the problems but was resolved, SkyWest spokesperson Marissa Snow said in an emailed statement. The airline expected around 500 cancelled flights, atop 700.
SkyWest operates regional jet flights for American Airlines Group, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines Holdings and Alaska Air Group, with United its largest customer in terms of daily departures.
The carrier, based in St George, Utah, has canceled nearly 470 flights so far, or about 18% of its schedule, according to FlightAware, an
aviation data service. SkyWest has more than 2,300 daily flights in 236 cities and a fleet of about 480 aircraft.
“We apologise to customers for the inconvenience and
remain focused on efforts to
return to normal operations
as quickly as possible,†SkyWest said.