Global tech outage to cost Air France KLM close to $11 million, says CFO


FILE PHOTO: Airline passengers wait in line at the Delta, KLM, Air France ticketing counters after flights were grounded worldwide due to a tech outage caused by an update to CrowdStrike's "Falcon Sensor" software which crashed Microsoft Windows systems, at Tampa International Airport in Tampa, Florida, U.S., July 19, 2024. REUTERS/Octavio Jones/File Photo

(Reuters) - Air France KLM faces a hit of about 10 million euros ($10.85 million) from last week's global technology outage, finance chief Steven Zaat said on Thursday.

The group is one of the first airlines to disclose a cost linked to the disruption.

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