Alaska Airlines restores operations after widespread technology issue grounded flights nationwide

Alaska Airlines resumed operations nationwide late Thursday night after a "significant IT outage" caused the airline to ground all flights for hours.In a statement posted on X, Alaska Airlines said the ground stop for all Alaska and Horizon Air flights was lifted at 11:30 p.m. PST.More than 229 flights were canceled in connection with the ground stop, which lasted approximately eight hours."We are working to get our operations back on track as quickly and safely as possible. Since this afternoon, we’ve had more than 229 flight cancellations. Additional flight disruptions are likely as we repos