DATE: August 26, 2008
ATTN: Travel Manager/Arranger/Travelers

The Federal Aviation Administration says a communication failure at a Georgia facility that processes flight plans for the eastern half of the U.S. is causing flight delays around the country.

According to the FAA, there are no safety issues and officials are still able to speak to pilots on planes in the air and on the ground.  It is unknown at this time how many flights are being affected.

The problem involves an FAA facility in Hampton, Georgia (south of Atlanta), that processes flight plans.  There has been a failure in a communication link that transmits the data to a similar facility in Salt Lake City, Utah.

As a result, the Salt Lake City facility has to process those flight plans, causing delays in planes taking off - there are no problems with planes landing.  According to the FAA, flight delays could be at any airport in the country because the Salt Lake City facility is now processing flight data for everywhere.

Travel One urges travelers to check the departure status before going to the airport.  For additional information, please contact Travel One. 

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