Alaska Airlines grounds flights after IT outage

Carrier says Horizon Air flights also suspended while not specifying reasons for outage causing fleet's second grounding in a year

US carrier Alaska Airlines grounded its flights after an IT outage on Sunday that affected its systems, the company said, without specifying the nature of the outage, marking the second time it has grounded its fleet in just over a year.

At approximately 8pm Pacific on Sunday (0300 GMT on Monday), Alaska Airlines experienced an IT outage that's impacting our operations," the carrier said in a statement. We requested a temporary, system-wide ground stop for Alaska and Horizon Air flights."