Alaska Air Websites Hit by Microsoft Outage, Adding to IT Woes

Alaska Air Websites Hit by Microsoft Outage, Adding to IT Woes

A global outage of Microsoft Corp.’s Azure cloud service is impacting operations of Alaska Air Group Inc., less than a week after the carrier canceled flights due to a data system failure.

Alaska Airlines Website and App Down Due to Microsoft Azure Outage - The Bulkhead Seat

Alaska Airlines is having a busy day. Earlier today, I wrote about how its combined FAA Operating Certificate was approved so that Hawaiian Airlines and Alaska Airlines flights could operate under one certificate while maintaining their distinct brands. That celebration of a significant milestone was short lived as a global Microsoft Azure outage has caused both Alaska’s website and mobile app to go down. What’s even worse is that this is the se…