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Cailianshe News, July 22 (Editor: Bian Chun)A global IT outage that disrupted multiple industries including airlines, banks, and healthcare on Friday is still affecting the airline industry, with more than 1,000 flights canceled in the United States for the third consecutive day as of Sunday.

Data from flight tracking website FlightAware.com showsAs of Sunday evening, more than 1,500 flights within, to, and from the United States were canceled due to the global outage., with Delta and United Airlines seeing the most flight cancellations.

also,More than 7,400 U.S. flights were delayed。

Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said in a press release on Sunday that flight cancellations continued on Sunday as the airline worked to resume operations after a technical glitch.

As of Saturday, Delta's operational disruptions resulted in the cancellation of more than 3,500 Delta and Delta Connect flights, according to a press release. Delta also said it has extended travel waivers for all customers with reservations between July 19 and 21.

Delta Air Lines is offering additional pay to its crew members as the airline recovers from the outage, media reported on Sunday.

United Airlines did not provide further comment on Sunday. The airline said Saturday that most of its technology systems were restored but that it would continue to experience flight cancellations and delays this weekend. The airline also said it had extended travel waivers for customers through Sunday.

Last Friday, Microsoft experienced a global outage, and a software update from global cybersecurity company CrowdStrike caused the incident. Microsoft currently estimates that CrowdStrike's update affected 8.5 million Windows devices, which accounts for less than 1% of all Windows devices.

Information security experts pointed out thatFriday's massive technology outage was another example of the world's extreme reliance on a handful of technology companies.。

“I think the biggest issue here is how reliant the world has actually become on a very small number of companies,” said Alex Hamerstone, director of consulting solutions at cybersecurity firm TrustedSec. “A problem at one company can have widespread impact across all different verticals around the world.”