All US United Continental flights grounded

According to T.F. Green Airport’s website, there are two departures flights that have been delayed. United also waived change fees for affected customers.

He said President Barack Obama was briefed by security officials on the issue.

Other airlines, however, have also been hit by computer problems. Travelers are likely to face an even worse experience in the world’s airports than United usually provides.

The Federal Aviation Administration, meanwhile, said United’s flights were grounded at 8 a.m., Efe nbews agency reported.

Interestingly, the Roanoke Times reports the issues did not affect United flights departing from Virginia’s Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport as those flights are considered express flights and therefore separate from mainline flights.

United Airlines halted takeoffs nationwide Wednesday morning because of a computer breakdown, the second time since June that the company has taken such a step.

United has suffered several similar reservation system glitches since its merger with Continental in 2010. He didn’t know how many flights were affected while the system was down.

Washington DC-based journalist Betsy Fischer Martin, who was delayed on a grounded flight, tweeted that the pilot on her plane addressed passengers, telling them: “It’s like someone pulled the plug on our computers – it’s embarrassing; I apologise”.

On Wednesday, lines snaked through check-in areas and United’s flight information boards went blank at some airports, according to photos posted on social media.

Airlines work on a just-in-time policy and a delay of hours like this will throw all of its schedules out of whack.

An industry analyst said the grounding will frustrate Air Canada (TSX:AC) passengers travelling on codeshare with United, but have little lasting impact on United or its Canadian partner.

United, in a statement released minutes ago confirmed this, saying: “”We experienced a network connectivity issue this morning [and] We are working to resolve this and apologize to our customers for any inconvenience””.