TECH - Microsoft Cloud Outage Grounds Flights Disrupts Operations Of Frontier Allegiant And Sun Country Airlines Leading To Hundreds Of Cancellations And Delays | Benzinga
A widespread Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) cloud service disruption on Thursday led to the grounding and cancellation of flights for several airlines, including Frontier Group Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:ULCC), Allegiant Travel Company (NASDAQ:ALGT), and Sun Country Airlines (NASDAQ:SNCY).
What Happened: Microsoft reported issues with its cloud services in the Central U.S. region, which significantly impacted the operations of several airlines, Reuters reported on Friday.
The low-cost carriers, including Frontier Airlines, Allegiant, and Sun Country, experienced outages that affected their day-to-day operations.
Frontier Airlines confirmed that a “major Microsoft technical outage” had temporarily disrupted its operations. On the other hand, Sun Country pointed to a third-party vendor that affected its booking and check-in facilities, without naming the company. Allegiant’s website was also affected, leading to its unavailability.
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