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 hit particularly hard with The airline sector was one of the hardest hit by the Microsoft Outage and CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) issue on Friday.
微軟停機和CrowdStrike（納斯達克：CRWD）事件，讓航空業成爲最受重創的行業之一。
While the issues have subsided in recent days, one airline may demonstrate its resilience and ability to avoid the outages that impacted its competitors.
儘管最近幾天出現了問題，但一家航空公司可能會展示其抗擊網絡癱瘓的韌性和能力，以避免影響到其競爭對手的癱瘓問題。
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的更新影響了使用微軟公司（納斯達克：MSFT）軟件和雲服務的行業和公司，影響到了上週五。
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.
航空業尤其受到影響，達美航空（紐交所：DAL）、聯合航空控股公司（納斯達克：UAL）和美國航空集團（納斯達克：AAL）所有遭受了技術問題的癱瘓和停飛。
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）未受數字安全問題影響，可以成爲贏家。
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，週五西南航空的飛機依然在運行，而其他競爭對手已經停飛。令人驚訝的原因可能是近年來西南航空一直在推遲軟件更新。
Digital Trends reports that Southwest is using Windows 3.1, an operating system from 1992 from Microsoft.
Digital Trends報道稱，西南航空使用的是1992年的Windows 3.1操作系統。
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.
據報道，西南航空的一些系統仍在使用Windows 95和Windows 3.1操作系統，這是一個反覆出現的問題，促使公司升級到更新的系統。
"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.
Digital Trends寫道:"西南航空需要更新其系統，但在這種情況下，這些古老的操作系統似乎幫助西南航空避免了一次完全的、價值2萬美元的天災。"
Read Also: Jim Cramer Applauds CrowdStrike's Response To Global IT Outage, Sees Swift Recovery Ahead: 'It Just Happened To Be Bad Luck'
Jim Cramer讚揚CrowdStrike應對全球IT停機事件的回應，預見快速恢復："只是運氣不好而已"。
Why It's Important: Millions of travelers were impacted by the outage Friday, which led to cancelled flights and delays.
爲什麼重要：週五，數百萬旅客受到停機的影響，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.
對於航空公司來說，這意味着他們可能必須發放代金券、退款和其他賠償，影響當前和未來的營業收入。此外，儘管技術問題通常超出他們的控制範圍，但他們可能面臨許多客戶抱怨。
Southwest escaping the same customer and revenue issues could set the airline company up well for the future.
西南航空逃過了同樣的客戶和收入問題，可能會爲該航空公司未來的發展奠定基礎。
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.
該航空公司定於星期四發佈第二季度財務報告。公司可以利用業績和電話會議的機會，強調自己在這次影響航空業的重大技術停機中保持運營的能力和實力。
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價格走勢：週一，西南航空股價上漲1.36%，報27.55美元，52周交易區間爲21.91-37.40美元。西南航空股價在2024年至今下跌5.1%。
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