Aer Lingus cancels Dublin-origin flights, cites IT outage

LONDON (AP) — The Irish carrier Aer Lingus says a major IT outage forced it to cancel all Dublin-originating flights to European and United Kingdom destinations on Saturday as well as many flights from Europe. The problem at a U.K. network provider rendered unavailable check-in, boarding and the company’s website. A company spokesperson said later that connectivity was restored and services were coming back online. The provider was not identified by Aer Lingus, which said it was not treating the incident as a cyberattack. The airline said 51 flights were canceled, with transatlantic flights unaffected.