British Airways IT Outage

The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here, run by GMR group, on Friday put out an advisory saying that due to the global IT outage, the services of some airlines have been impacted. Airport sources said that as many as 23 flights -- 12 departures and 11 arrivals -- including Indigo's flights to Visakhapatnam, Tirupati, Ahmedabad and Bengaluru have been cancelled. We are closely working with all our stakeholders to minimise the inconvenience to our flyers. You may please get in touch with the airline concerned for updates on your flight information. We thank you for your support and understanding, the airport said in a post on social media platform X. Airport and airline operations faced significant disruptions on Friday due to the Microsoft outage, with airlines issuing advisories to passengers.

However, Willie Walsh clarified that the figure was an initial estimate

30 flights were cancelled after a major IT failure cancelled most services at the 2 airports on Sat

GMB union said airline's decision to outsource hundreds of IT jobs to India was behind problems

The information technology (IT) outage at British Airways hit flights to India as well