Hawaiian Airlines warned customers today that a global outage tied to Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform was affecting its website as thousands of users worldwide reported problems accessing services across industries, according to outage-tracking site Downdetector.com.

The carrier posted an online advisory saying Microsoft’s outage had disrupted portions of its website and urged travelers to book flights and check in using direct links or its mobile app, adding, “We apologize for this inconvenience and hope to have our system restored as soon as possible. Mahalo.” Alaska Airlines separately reported a disruption to key systems, including its website, while Vodafone in the United Kingdom and London’s Heathrow Airport also cited impacts.

Microsoft said the issue stemmed from a configurati

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