Alaska Airlines requests ground stop for all mainline aircraft, FAA website shows
(Reuters) -Alaska Airlines has requested for a ground stop for all its mainline aircraft, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) status page showed on Sunday.
The company also requested for ground stops of all Horizon Air flights, the regional subsidiary operating Alaska Airlines flights.
The reason behind either of the requests was not immediately clear.
Alaska Airlines, Horizon Air and the FAA did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment outside regular business hours.
The FAA status page showed all destinations being impacted by the ground stop of Alaska’s mainline aircraft, and Horizon’s ground stop.
Alaska Air Group maintains an operational fleet of 238 Boeing 737 aircraft, and 87 Embraer 175 aircraft, according to its website.
In June, Alaska Air Group-owned Hawaiian Airlines said some of its IT systems were disrupted by a hack. Alaska Air Group said it was still determining the financial impact of the hack.
(Reporting by Gursimran Kaur in Bengaluru; Editing by Rashmi Aich)
