RavnAir says it will operate a normal afternoon schedule on Saturday after the company canceled about a half-dozen morning flights in Alaska following what it described as “a malicious cyber attack” on its computer network
ANCHORAGE, Alaska —
RavnAir canceled at least a half-dozen flights in Alaska on Saturday — at the peak of holiday travel — following what the company described as “a malicious cyber attack” on its computer network.
The cancellations affected around 260 passengers, according to company spokeswoman Debbie Reinwand.
The regional carrier canceled all flights involving its Dash 8 aircraft until noon “because the cyber attack forced us to disconnect our Dash 8 maintenance system and its back-up,” the company said in a written statement.
The company is working with the FBI, other authorities, and a cyber security company, to restore systems.
RavnAir Alaska later announced that it will operate a normal afternoon schedule on its Dash-8 flights.
“We will be trying to add flights where we can over the next two days,” the company said in a statement released at 1 p.m. “We have, where possible, re-booked passengers on other flights.”
PenAir flights and RavnAir Connect flights were still operating normally on back-up systems, Reinwand said.
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This story has been updated based on new information from the airline that about a half-dozen flights, not a dozen, were canceled.