SABER system broke down at 2pm causin­g the nation­al carrie­r loss in sale of ticket­s and delay in flight­sThe Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) online ticket booking system broke down on Wednesday, leaving the national carrier to suffer loss in sale of tickets and delay in flights. Express News while citing sources said the SABER, a US-based airline ticket booking system, had been down since 2pm and boarding passes were issued manually causing delay in flights. Three PIA officers sacked over CEO’s document discrepanciesAccording to a PIA spokesperson, the ticket booking system’s link went down for a couple of hours which later rectified by the SABER operator. “The system is working fine currently,” he added. Read full story

Source: The Express Tribune January 03, 2018 16:52 UTC