A Frontier Airways Airbus A320neo plane departs from O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. November 30, 2018. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski/File Picture

WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (Reuters) – Frontier Airways on Monday resumed flights after it temporarily halted functions nationwide after a technological know-how situation.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)canceled a floor quit for all Frontier flights it had issued previously at the airline’s ask for nationwide “for automation concerns”.

A Frontier spokeswoman claimed the airline was shifting to ramp again up functions.

Aviation tracking site FlightAware stated Frontier had canceled 22% of flights on Monday and delayed 22%. By early afternoon, Frontier had resumed a number of flights.

An airline spokeswoman explained the “situation was discovered and has been fixed. We are working to restore our flight program for the equilibrium of the working day.”

The issues arrived as Frontier and Spirit Airways (Save.N) on Monday declared ideas to merge in a $2.9 billion deal that would build the fifth-greatest U.S. airline.

Reporting by David Shepardson Modifying by Mark Porter, Marguerita Choy and Angus MacSwan

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