Alaska Airlines Hit by Disruptions Due to Microsoft Azure Outage

Shares of Alaska Airlines were down 2.2 percent in afternoon trading on Oct. 29.

Alaska Airlines aircraft in San Diego, Calif., on Jan. 18, 2024. Reuters/Mike Blake

Alaska Airlines faced issues with some of its “key systems” due to the global outage of Microsoft’s Azure platform, the airline announced on Oct. 29.

It marks the third tech-induced disruption to its services this year, following an IT outage on Oct. 23 and another in July.