July 15--Spirit Airlines is allowing Wednesday travelers in and out of O'Hare Airport to reschedule their flights free of charge, after the airline was affected by a computer outage.
The airline issued a travel advisory for O'Hare travelers on Wednesday saying that a computer outage was interfering with their normal operations, causing it to cancel 16 flights in and out of O'Hare. Travelers, the company said, could reschedule flights without charge until July 22.
The airline resumed normal operations about 1:20 p.m., according to a company spokeswoman.
"There might be some delays associated with earlier network issues, but we were able to resume operations," said spokeswoman Irisaida Mendez.
Mendez said she could not provide information on the cause of the glitch.
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