Multiple US Airlines Hit By Flight Check-in and Booking Systems Outage

A computer system that airlines use for check-in kiosks, booking and more was experiencing issues on Tuesday, apparently affecting multiple air carriers. From a report: There were widespread reports on social media of air passengers inconvenienced by the outage, with long lines at airports across the country. Sabre Airline Solutions released this statement shortly before noon Eastern Time: 'We are aware of the issues facing some of our customers. Recovery is in progress. We apologize for the inconvenience.' The company was tweeting that statement to people who took note of the outage. American Airlines flagged the issue, saying in a statement that Sabre was 'experiencing a technical issue that is impacting multiple carriers, including American Airlines. Sabre is working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible, and we apologize to our customers for the inconvenience.' American later said that the issue with Sabre's system 'has been resolved.'

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