Washington: All flights operated by JetBlue Airways were briefly grounded across the United States on Tuesday after the airline reported a system outage that disrupted operations.

The grounding was initiated at the request of the airline, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which issued a temporary ground stop before lifting it a short time later. The advisory said the halt lasted for just over an hour before normal operations resumed.

JetBlue confirmed that a technical problem had prompted the request for the temporary suspension of flights.

“A brief system outage has been resolved and we have resumed operations,” the airline told AFP in a statement. JetBlue serves destinations across the Americas and parts of Europe.

The FAA said the measure was implemented after the airline asked for assistance while it dealt with the technical disruption. The agency later confirmed that the ground stop had been lifted roughly 40 minutes after it was imposed.

The regulator did not immediately respond to further requests for comment on the nature of the system outage.

Founded more than 25 years ago, JetBlue is headquartered in New York City and operates its flagship terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport.