Microsoft Azure Challenges AWS for Downtime Crown
Microsoft Azure is experiencing a global outage, disrupting airlines and other online services.
The outage started around 1600 UTC on Wednesday, October 29, 2025, and is expected to be fully restored by 23:20 UTC.
- Affected services include Azure Front Door, Microsoft's content delivery network.
- Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines are experiencing disruptions to key systems, including their websites.
Both Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines "are currently experiencing a disruption to key systems, including our websites,"
Despite the outage, Microsoft reported a 40% growth in revenue from Azure and other cloud services in its FY26 Q1 earnings.
Author's summary: Azure outage affects airlines and online services.