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A major computer glitch in Federal Aviation Administration computers in Atlanta and Salt Lake City Thursday morning forced cancellations and caused delays at airports across the country, but was having minimal impact on Pittsburgh International Airport , a spokeswoman said Thursday morning.

The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday that a four-hour network failure has been resolved, though flight delays and cancellations are expected to continue to affect across the eastern United States.

The Federal Aviation Administration says a glitch in its flight plan computer system has been repaired.

Delta, JetBlue and AirTran flights delayed or canceled at OIA. , November 19, 2009 A computer glitch in the Federal Aviation Administration's office in Atlanta has been fixed - but flight delays persist across the country.

Thursday AirTran Airways announced that it had to cancel 38 flights and postpone dozens more because of a computer glitch at the Federal Aviation Administration.

A major computer glitch in Federal Aviation Administration computers in Salt Lake City Thursday morning forced cancellations and caused delays at airports across America, including Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport .

Discount carrier AirTran Airways, a unit of AirTran Holdings Inc., said Friday that it will offer double reward credits to all of its frequent-flier club members when they travel between Milwaukee and any AirTran destination through Feb.

A glitch in the computer system that processes U.S. flight plan data was causing delays in the United States but there were no safety issues, the Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday.

Air travelers nationwide scrambled to revise their plans Thursday after an FAA computer glitch caused widespread cancellations and delays for the second time in 15 months.

Carmen McDonald said she thought her Spirit Airlines flight would leave on time -- around 7 a.m. ET Thursday from Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Advertisements are seen on the on the bottoms of seat-back tray tables. AirTran expects the ads to be on its 138 planes within weeks.

Commercial airlines in the United States, including Delta Air Lines Inc. , reduced the number of employees on their payrolls working full-time during September, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Transportation 's Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

The new owners of Milwaukee-based Midwest Airlines , Republic Holdings Inc ., today announced that the shrinking airline will soon begin growing again with new service to Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina and San Francisco.

Today's travel tip serves a double duty. First, today's airfare deal is ideally priced to present as a holiday gift to a friend or loved one.

US major passenger airlines posted a cumulative third-quarter net loss of $578 million, narrowed from a $2.52 billion loss in the year-ago period, ATWOnline calculated.

Walt Disney World pulled back the curtain a bit last week on its plans to weave ESPN into its Wide World of Sports, where executives hope that ESPN's universally recognized sports brand will help lure even more sporting events and athletes to the giant resort.

The parent company of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air believes the company's smaller size relative to some of its bigger rivals is an advantage in a financially challenging environment.

AirTran Airways announced Tuesday that it has signed a multi-year deal to be the presenting sponsor of Marquette University athletics and a premier corporate partner of Marquette University.

A federal agency that deemed a tentative lease deal between Delta Air Lines Inc.

Omahans will soon have even more ways to get to the land of beer and brats. SkyWest Airlines announced Wednesday that it plans to offer three daily, nonstop flights between Eppley Airfield and Milwaukee.