Southwest Airlines Saved By Procrastination: How 32-Year-Old Software Protected Company From Microsoft Outage, CrowdStrike Issues
Southwest Airlines Saved By Procrastination: How 32-Year-Old Software Protected Company From Microsoft Outage, CrowdStrike Issues
The airline sector was one of the hardest hit by the Microsoft Outage and CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) issue on Friday.
美國航空板塊是在週五微軟及CrowdStrike（納斯達克：CRWD）問題中受到衝擊最嚴重的板塊之一。
While the issues have subsided in recent days, one airline may demonstrate its resilience and ability to avoid the outages that impacted its competitors.
雖然問題在近日已經得到緩解，但其中一家航空公司可能會展示其彈性和避免其競爭對手受到影響的能力。
What Happened: An update by CrowdStrike impacted industries and companies using Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) software and cloud services on Friday.
發生了什麼：CrowdStrike的一次更新影響到了在週五使用微軟公司（納斯達克：MSFT）軟件和雲服務的行業和公司。
The airline sector was hit particularly hard with Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL), United Airline Holdings (NASDAQ:UAL) and American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) all suffering outages and grounded flights due to the technology issues.
航空板塊特別受到影響，達美航空（紐交所：DAL）、聯合航空控股（納斯達克：UAL）和美國航空集團（納斯達克：AAL）由於技術問題而遭受故障和航班停飛。
Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) was not impacted by the tech issues and could come through as a winner.
西南航空（紐交所：LUV）沒有受到此次技術問題的影響，可能會成爲贏家。
According to a Digital Trends report, Southwest Airlines planes were still operating on Friday as other peers were grounded. The surprising reason is likely the fact that Southwest has been procrastinating on software updates in recent years.
據Digital Trends報道，與其他同行被停飛不同，西南航空的飛機仍在週五繼續運行。這讓人驚訝的原因可能是因爲近年來西南航空一直在拖延更新軟件。
Digital Trends reports that Southwest is using Windows 3.1, an operating system from 1992 from Microsoft.
Digital Trends報道指出，西南航空正在使用微軟1992年發佈的操作系統Windows 3.1。
The report mentioned that some of Southwest's systems are still running on Windows 95 and Windows 3.1, which has been a recurring issue, prompting calls for the company to upgrade to newer systems.
報告提到，西南航空的一些系統仍在運行Windows 95和Windows 3.1，這是一個反覆出現的問題，促使人們呼籲該公司升級至新的系統。
"It should go without saying that Southwest needs to update its system, but in this case, the ancient operating systems seem to be doing the airline some favors to avoid a complete Y2K-level apocalypse," Digital Trends writes.
“西南航空需要更新其系統已不言而喻，但在這種情況下，古老的操作系統似乎給該航空公司避免了一個完全的2000年問題級災難。” Digital Trends寫道。
Read Also: Jim Cramer Applauds CrowdStrike's Response To Global IT Outage, Sees Swift Recovery Ahead: 'It Just Happened To Be Bad Luck'
閱讀更多內容：吉姆·克拉默（Jim Cramer）讚揚CrowdStrike應對全球性停機事件的反應，認爲很快就會恢復正常：“這只是不幸”。
Why It's Important: Millions of travelers were impacted by the outage Friday, which led to cancelled flights and delays.
爲什麼這很重要：週五停機事件影響了數百萬旅客，導致航班取消和延誤。
For airline companies, this means they will likely have to issue vouchers, refunds, and other compensations, impacting both current and future revenue. Additionally, they will probably face numerous customer complaints, despite the tech issues often being beyond their control.
對於航空公司而言，這意味着它們可能不得不發放代金券、退款和其他補償，影響當前和未來的收入。此外，儘管技術問題常常超出他們的控制範圍，但他們可能面臨衆多客戶投訴。
Southwest escaping the same customer and revenue issues could set the airline company up well for the future.
西南航空逃過了相同的客戶和收入問題，這可能爲該航空公司打下良好的未來基礎。
The airline company is set to report second-quarter financial results on Thursday. The company could use the earnings report and conference call as an opportunity to highlight its strength in remaining operational during the major tech outage that impacted the sector.
該航空公司定於週四發佈第二季度業績。該公司可以利用收益報告和電話會議的機會，展示其在遭受行業大規模停機事件時保持運營的強大實力。
LUV Price Action: Southwest shares are up 1.36% to $27.55 on Monday, versus a 52-week trading range of $21.91 to $37.40. Southwest shares are down 5.1% year-to-date in 2024.
LUV股價行情：週一，西南航空的股票上漲1.36%，報27.55美元，52周交易範圍爲21.91-37.40美元。2024年迄今，西南航空的股價下跌了5.1%。
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