FAA Places Alaska Airlines On Nationwide Ground Stop
Shares of Alaska Airlines are tumbling in New York after the Federal Aviation Administration’s Air Traffic Control System Command Center says all of the carrier’s mainline and subcarrier flights (excluding SkyWest Airlines) are placed on a “ground stop.”
- FAA: ALL ALASKA MAINLINE AND SUBCARRIER FLIGHTS GROUND STOPPED (SKYWEST EXCLUDED)
Here’s the advisory from the FAA:
Alaska Airlines shares tumbled on the news. Still up on the session.
The FAA did not explain the reasoning behind the ground stop.
*This is a developing story.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An issue with the system that calculates weight and balance of Alaska Airlines planes, causing all of its flights to be halted on Wednesday morning, has been resolved and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) canceled a ground stop.
The ground stop, which halted all Alaska Airlines departures as well as for Horizon Air, a regional carrier owned by Alaska Air Group, was instituted at approximately 7:50 am PT (1450 GMT), the airline said. It lasted for about an hour.
“This morning we experienced an issue while performing an upgrade to the system that calculates our weight and balance,” the airline said in a statement. Residual flight delayed are expected throughout the day, the airline said.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-faa-issues-ground-stop-145418314.html