Top U.S. carriers including Delta Air (DAL.N), opens new tab and United Airlines (AAL.O), opens new tab are restoring some operations on Friday after a technical issue related to an IT vendor forced multiple carriers to ground flights.
However, delays and cancellations were expected to persist throughout the day, as airlines try to fully recover from the impact of the outage that upended their flying schedules and affected thousands of passengers.
More than 2,200 flights were canceled across the U.S., with nearly 7,000 delayed, as of 1:23 pm ET on Friday, according to data tracker FlightAware.
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