Airline computer systems know your name, credit card info and destination. You can't travel on a major airline without them. And when they go down, fliers and carriers come to a virtual stop.

Whether they’re caused by electrical failures outside the airlines’ control or by computer systems with inadequate recovery or backup capabilities, you’ll need coping strategies to survive.

So what can airlines do to prevent these computer failures from happening so often? They can install more automated checkup systems. They can perform emergency drills by taking their systems ...

Some airplanes have enhanced vision systems that use computer technology to augment the pilots vision, but normally it is looking through the windows. Q: I was an airline employee in data ...

said Monday that Delta’s computer outage puts a “spotlight on risks of airline technology infrastructure, much of which is old and patched with differing systems.” But he kept a positive ...

The airline blamed the problem on a failed computer network router that disrupted its reservation system. The router problem “degraded network connectivity for various applications,” said ...

Nonetheless, he said he doesn't see a day when airlines return to less efficient manual systems. "Without the computer systems, you wouldn't have the kind of air service you have today," Wagner said.

But the whole industry is now under new scrutiny after Delta's network outage, raising questions about the reliability of computer systems used by airlines that are not regulated by the FAA ...

(AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) Behind the four big players in the U.S. airline industry - American, United, Delta and Southwest - there is a tangled computer system pieced together after decades of ...

They said the systems can be sensitive and many still use computer coding that is decades old. Airlines now rely on computer systems to move more than 8 million people across the world every day.

Southwest Airlines says its computer systems are expected to work normally Monday after an issue on Sunday that led to 836 delayed flights. “Teams worked throughout the night in advance of our ...

NEW YORK – Airline computer systems know your name, credit card info and destination. You can’t travel on a major airline without them. And when they go down, fliers and carriers come to a ...