Microsoft The aviation services disruption caused by a global IT outage in the airlines’ servers on Friday has been restored. Union Civil Aviation Minister K Ramamohan Naidu said airline systems, which were hit due to the global IT outage on Friday, have started functioning normally. He said all the issues are likely to be resolved by Saturday noon. He said the ministry is constantly monitoring the operations of airports and airlines to take care of travel adjustments and refunds. “From 3 am on Saturday, airline systems at the airports have started functioning normally. Flight operations are now running smoothly,” Naidu said in a statement.
The functioning of companies was affected
The minister said, by this afternoon we hope that all the issues will be resolved. According to a source, the reservation and check-in system of most airlines including IndiGo, SpiceJet, Akasa and Air India Express is now operational. Airline IndiGo said that due to global disruption, operational difficulties had arisen, which have almost been resolved. However, customers may still face delays and timetable disruptions over the weekend. Technology disruptions were faced worldwide, including India, on Friday due to the ‘update’ of a third-party software platform related to Microsoft affecting Windows-powered devices. This disruption affected aviation, media and financial services and also affected the functioning of many other companies.
Continuously monitoring operations
The minister said that we are constantly monitoring the flight operations at airports along with the refunds and adjustment of tickets given by the airlines. We are thankful for your patience. It is worth mentioning that on Friday, passengers were badly affected due to the delay in flights due to a global glitch in Microsoft’s server. Apart from the delay in takeoff of flights, people also faced problems in check-in and booking. On Friday, technical glitch in Microsoft security system affected many airlines across the world. Due to this, planes of many countries of the world including India remained stranded at the airport.
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