of alaska airlines, horizon air cancel flights because of computer problems

Alaska Airlines, Horizon Air cancel flights because of computer problems

Alaska Airlines and its Horizon Air affiliate are canceling dozens of flights today because their computer system failed.

Seattle-based Alaska Airlines flies to cities in the U.S., focusing on the West Coast, and to Canada and Mexico.

Company spokesman Paul McElroy says the two airlines canceled 60 flights Saturday morning, six hours after the outage started. The airline will rebook passengers without a fee. It says customers should call the airline to check on their flight before going to the airport. McElroy says the airline has been able to operate about 20 flights during the day. He says the cause of the computer problem isn't known but technicians are working on it.

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