A ground stop for all Alaska Airlines flights Wednesday morning caused dozens of delays at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
As of 9:05 a.m., there were 135 total delays at SEA Airport and one cancelation, according to FlightAware.Eighty-two of those delayed flights were on Alaska Airlines and 18 were on Horizon Air, a subsidiary of Alaska Air Group, also headquartered in SeaTac, Washington.Other cities with more than a dozen delays included: Chicago, both O'Hare and Midway, Charlotte, Dallas-Fort Worth, Atlanta, Baltimore-Washington International, LAX, Denver, Houston , Miami, Detroit and Minneapolis-St. Paul.
A ground stop of all Alaska and Horizon flights was instituted at approximately 7:50 a.m. PT. We're working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience and encourage guests to check the status of their flights on alaskaair.com or the Alaska App prior to heading to the airport."The ground stop expired at 8:30 a.m., Alaska later said.
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