Alaska Airlines resumes operations after IT outage grounded all flights for hours

Published July 21, 2025 12:12pm ET



Alaska Airlines flights were back late Sunday night after an IT outage forced the company to ground all flights for three hours.

From 8 p.m. until 11 p.m. PST, Alaska Airlines planes were on hold. The airline did not reveal the nature of the outage.

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