LONDON ― Travelers complained of major systems outages affecting at least a dozen airports around the world early Thursday morning. Frustrated fliers posted about the tech issues, which disrupted several airlines, around 6 a.m.Neda Jaafari, spokeswoman for Lufthansa, told HuffPost that the passenger booking system that many airlines used, called Amadeus, briefly went down. “During the morning, we experienced a network issue that caused disruption to some of our systems,” an Amadeus spokesperson said. “Amadeus technical teams took immediate action to identify the cause of the issue and restore services as quickly as possible. That action is ongoing with services gradually being restored.”Amadeus is the most widely-used booking system worldwide, according to the company’s website.

Source: Huffington Post September 28, 2017 10:25 UTC