Air India down by Microsoft

Air India on Saturday said none of its flights were cancelled due to the massive CrowdStrike-Microsoft outage, except for a few delays due to the impact of the outage on airport services. Hundreds of flights, including those of Indigo, Air India, SpiceJet and Akasa Air, were delayed and several were cancelled due to the Microsoft Windows outage. “We confirm that none of the Air India flights on July 19 were cancelled due to the global travel systems outage, though there were delays due to the impact of the outage on airport services,” an Air India spokesperson said. Air India said its own “resilient IT infrastructure was not affected yesterday and continues to operate normally.” At Delhi airport, over 400 flights were delayed and over 50 were cancelled, according to data from flightradar24. Budget airline IndiGo has been experiencing delays and cancellations of its flights. It has activated “war rooms” at four metro airports to manage operations. Other airlines including Akasa and SpiceJet have also reported disruptions in their flight operations. –IANS na/kvd