American Airlines Briefly Grounds U.S. Flights on Christmas Eve Over Technical Issue NYT | Top Stories By: Lynsey Chutel, Christine Chung and Hank Sanders 25 December 2024 at 12:01 Bad weather made delays worse after problems with systems used to release flights on one of the busiest travel days of the year. © Dakota Santiago for The New York TimesAn American Airlines jet at Newark Liberty International Airport on Tuesday morning as problems with delays began to mount.
American Airlines Briefly Grounds U.S. Flights on Christmas Eve Over Technical Issue NYT | Top Stories By: Lynsey Chutel and Christine Chung 24 December 2024 at 22:36 Flights were grounded for about an hour on Christmas Eve, one of the busiest travel days of the year, before the airline restored its systems. But heavy delays are expected. © Dakota Santiago for The New York TimesThe Federal Aviation Administration said just before 8 a.m. E.T. that American Airlines was resuming flights after suspending them for about an hour.