Published on : Wednesday, June 20, 2018
The computer problem occurred at Dayton, Ohio-based PSA Airlines, an American Airlines subsidiary that operates about 12 percent of American’s 6,700 regional flights a day.
All the PSA flights were canceled on Tuesday morning as the airline works through schedules, getting aircraft and crews where they need to be to resume operations. PSA will operate a reduced scheduled over the next few days as it restores full service.
Later the PSA has “stabilised” its computer system, which was operating too slowly to schedule crew members in time for flights.
The problem is not affecting any of American Airline’s other regional carriers or its mainline operations.
The shares of American Airlines fell 2.2 percent to close at $41.51 on Tuesday, while the NYSE Arca Airline index fell just over 1 percent.