But this definitely is not the first time a tech hiccup brought a major airline to its knees, and it certainly won't be the last. Just last month, more than 2,300 Southwest Airlines flights were ...

“Take a big airline like one of the big four; they often have different IT systems for crew scheduling, for aircraft maintenance, reservations, it’s endless,” William J. McGee, senior fellow ...

The grounding of hundreds of United Airlines flights because of a computer glitch marked the latest in a series of airline delays and cancellations in the last few years that experts blame on ...

The airline said late Tuesday that it will give A-List Preferred and A-List members of its Rapid Rewards frequent-flier program 1,500 points for each flight affected by a computer glitch that ...

The airline blames some sort of computer glitch. It looks like the scheduling system it uses to assign pilots to flights indicated that there were plenty of captains and first officers to go around.

American Airlines has repeatedly listed a 101-year-old woman as a baby in its registration logs because of an apparent software glitch. Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images ...

In a statement, the airline said some people were able to see other customers' details on the app. That included their name, upcoming flight details, points balance, and frequent-flyer status.

The seats aren't likely to find their way onto a major airline anytime soon – if ever. But that hasn't stopped the Internet from exploding with stories about an airplane seating plan that would ...