Network problems delay flights at two oneworld Alliance airlines

IT problems struck flights at two oneworld Alliance member airlines this week, leading to delays and flight cancellations.

Network equipment connecting internal and external systems at Japan Airlines (JAL) malfunctioned early on Dec. 26 after “receiving a large amount of data from an external source,” the company said.

Delays due to too much traffic

The description suggests it may have been hit by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.

“The cause of the failure and the impact range of the system issues have been identified, and the system has been restored,” it said in the last of a series of statements recounting its analysis of the incident.