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Two U.S. Senators Want to Know Why Airline IT Fails so Often

Brian Sumers

Skift Take

This letter should get Sens. Markey and Blumenthal some attention. But beyond that, it is not likely to have much of an influence on the nation's airlines.

Two U.S. senators seek to learn why U.S. airline computer systems fail so often, and what the nation's airlines plan to do to fix the problem. Sens. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) wrote Tuesday to the leaders of 13 U.S. airlines, including United, Delta, American and Southwest, saying they are "concerned with recent reports indicating that airlines’ IT systems may be susceptible to faltering because of the way they are designed and have been maintained.” Both senators, members

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