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Southwest Airlines hit by computer glitch

Ramp agent Larry Martin loads bags on a Southwest Airlines flight to Columbus, Ohio, at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. In the five years since Southwest bought AirTran and started Atlanta service, its market share has shrunk to under 10 percent. But Southwest says it still carries more local passengers than AirTran did. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Credit: Kelly Yamanouchi

Credit: Kelly Yamanouchi

Ramp agent Larry Martin loads bags on a Southwest Airlines flight to Columbus, Ohio, at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. In the five years since Southwest bought AirTran and started Atlanta service, its market share has shrunk to under 10 percent. But Southwest says it still carries more local passengers than AirTran did. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
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Sept 28, 2017

Southwest Airlines got hit by a computer glitch affecting numerous airlines globally Thursday morning.

Southwest said its reservations system provider Amadeus began experiencing outages starting at around 5:30 a.m. Eastern time on Thursday, "impacting Southwest Airlines along with other airlines."

"We have been experiencing widespread, intermittent issues with several of our applications since that time. We are not experiencing any major delays to our operation at this time," Southwest said Thursday morning.

— Stay up to date on the latest news on Atlanta airline travel by following Atlanta Airport News Now on Facebook. Southwest Airlines' reservations system provider was hit by a computer glitch also affecting other airlines worldwide.

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Business reporter Kelly Yamanouchi covers airlines and the airport including Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines, one of the world's largest carriers, and Hartsfield-Jackson, the world's busiest airport. She has covered airlines for about 20 years, graduated from Harvard and has a master's degree from Northwestern.

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