TAMPA, Fla. — A widespread Microsoft outage has disrupted multiple airlines and flights at two major Florida airports Friday morning.
The technology company said it was gradually fixing an issue affecting access to Microsoft 365 apps and services.
Tampa International Airport and Orlando International Airport have reported several flight delays and cancellations because of the Microsoft outage.
The Federal Aviation Administration said they are closely monitoring a technical issue that has affected U.S. airlines including Delta, United, American, and Allegiant. They reported that all flights with those carriers are grounded.
Microsoft 365 posted on X that the company was working on rerouting the impacted traffic to alternate systems to alleviate impact in a more expedient fashion and that they were observing a positive trend in service availability.
Anyone who is traveling Friday morning should check with their airline before heading out the door.
Jean Bernier said he learned that his United Airlines flight was canceled as he was about to travel to his terminal.
He said he did not get any notification from the airline or the airport, but found out about the outage from friends.
It’s definitely frustrating, Bernier said. I guess I’m just trying to keep a cool head. I definitely don’t like it by any means, but there’s not much to do about it other than fix the problem, I guess.
A few airlines have addressed the issue, including American Airlines, saying they have been able to safely re-establish their operations.
However, flights could still be impacted throughout the day due to the temporary grounding of airlines.
