The cancellation of more than 2,000 Southwest Airlines flights due to a computer outage last month will cost the carrier an estimated $54 million.
The Dallas Morning News reported the lost revenue and increased cost estimates based on a Southwest investor advisory released Wednesday.
Southwest, which is the largest carrier operating out of McCarran International Airport, blamed a router failure for the July 20 outage and subsequent days of delays both in Las Vegas and nationwide.
While Southwest didn’t provide a specific cost of the outage, the company said it would lead to a 0.5 percentage point drop in unit revenues during the third quarter and that it expects its cost per seat mile to rise by up to 2 percent. The newspaper based its estimate on those projections.
An unrelated computer outage this week has resulted in the cancellation of more than 2,100 Delta Air Lines flights.
KNPR's Casey Morell contributed to this report.