American Airlines requested a nationwide ground stop, which was later canceled, on the morning of Christmas Eve due to technical problems.

The airline announced a technical issue "with all American Airlines flights" - but the authorities say a national "groundstop" has now been lifted.

Following a brief outage that grounded all American airlines flights during one of the busiest travel periods of the year, American Airlines says it has resumed service Tuesday morning. American Airlines said a “vendor technology issue” was responsible for delaying all of its flights in the United States.