Qantas Flights delayed

Air passengers around the country are experiencing flight delays this afternoon because of a glitch in the Qantas check-in system.The trouble started early this morning when the Amadeus system server responsible for checking in passengers broke down.Qantas says the problem was fixed within the hour but 80 airlines have been affected.

It follows a similar system crash in November which also caused extensive delays.Travellers have been told to expect minor delays to some international flights and delays of up to an hour for domestic flights.Passengers at Sydney's domestic terminal are queuing out the door as the result of a more recent glitch in the baggage sorting system.At least five Qantas flights departing Adelaide were also delayed by about 40 minutes.

Flights arriving were also late and passenger Ryan Pearson arrived in Adelaide about four hours behind schedule.Our flight was delayed in Dubai for about two hours, and then when we got to Melbourne we were delayed again because Qantas' system went down, he said.Qantas has been unable to say if other terminals are having the same problem.