Us Airports

These US airports may face flight cuts due to govt shutdown: Full list

Amid the US government shutdown, airport control towers nationwide are facing acute staff shortages. Many are working without pay or are on forced leave

US airport security may soon drop shoe removal rule for all travellers

TSA's reversal would end a policy that has been for nearly two decades one of the most visible - and criticized - features of the post-9/11 heightened US airport security system

Electric plane makes history flying 130 km over New York with passengers

Beta Technologies' electric aircraft Alia CX300 flew four passengers from East Hampton to JFK Airport, covering 130 km in 35 minutes - at a cost of just about ₹700, marking an aviation first

FAA flags risks at Las Vegas airport after Washington collision review

A federal review of helicopter safety concerns launched after the deadly midair collision in Washington, D.C., has identified a rash of concerns about the potential conflicts between air tour helicopters and planes at the Las Vegas airport. The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday that it imposed new restrictions on helicopter flights around Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas that have already cut the number of collision alerts planes were receiving by 30 per cent over the last three weeks. The FAA said in the wake of the collision between an American Airlines jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter in January that it planned to use artificial intelligence to dig into the millions of reports it collects to assess other places with busy helicopter traffic, including Boston, New York, Baltimore-Washington, Detroit, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles and along the Gulf Coast. The FAA's acting administrator, Chris Rocheleau, said Las Vegas quickly became a concern on

Drones pose increasing risk to commercial airliners near major US airports

A commercial airliner was on final approach to San Francisco's international airport in November when the crew spotted a drone outside the cockpit window. By then it was too late to take evasive action, the pilots reported, and the quadcopter passed by their windshield, not 300 feet away. A month earlier, a jetliner was flying at an altitude of 4,000 feet near Miami's international airport when its pilots reported a close encounter with a drone. In August, a drone came within 50 feet of clipping the left wing of a passenger jet as it departed Newark International Airport. The incidents were all classified as near midair collisions any one of which could have had catastrophic consequences, according to aviation safety experts. They were also not isolated encounters. An Associated Press analysis of an aviation safety database reveals that drones last year accounted for nearly two-thirds of reported near midair collisions involving commercial passenger planes taking off and landing at

'Stripped, checked by male officer': Indian woman's 8-hr US Airport ordeal

Indian entrepreneur Shruti Chaturvedi recounts her harrowing 8-hour detention at an Alaska airport over a 'suspicious' power bank

World's 10 best airports for 2024: Qatar's Hamad Int'l Airport ranks first

The data analysis spans from May 1, 2023, to April 30, 2024, and includes 17,550 airport ratings that were collected by surveying passengers from 64 countries about their most recently used airports

Delhi's airport among top 10 busiest airports in the world: Full list here

ACI report: Global air travel rebounded with 8.5 billion passengers in 2023. See where India ranks

US airlines ask govt not to approve additional flights between US, China

Large U.S. airlines and some of their unions are asking the Biden administration to stop approving any more flights between the United States and China because of what they call anti-competitive policies that China imposes on U.S. carriers. The airlines and unions said Thursday that China closed its market to U.S. carriers at the outbreak of the pandemic and imposed rules that still affect American operations and airline crews. These actions demonstrated the clear need for the U.S. government to establish a policy that protects U.S. aviation workers, industry and air travelers, they said in a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. The letter was signed by the CEO of the Airlines for America trade group and the presidents of the Air Line Pilots Association, the Allied Pilots Association, which represents crews at American Airlines, and the Association of Flight Attendants. The number of flights between China and the U.S. has been ...

Boeing's pain spreads to travelers as airlines cut back on plans

Airbus, Boeing's main competitor, is largely sold out through the end of this decade, so there isn't an obvious place for airlines to turn

US airlines cancel over 1,600 flights due to massive winter storm

Southwest led the list of cancellations with 355 flights followed by SkyWest at 275. United has scrapped 258 flights so far, with some cancellations extending to Saturday

Indians can now zip through arrivals at US airports via automatic kiosks

Since it began a few years ago, 24,000 applications have been processed, many of them from frequent visitors

'Would be silly': Musk refutes claims of building private airport in Austin

After several media outlets reported that Elon Musk may soon get to build his private airport outside of Austin, Texas, the tech billionaire denied the rumours and said it "would be silly"

Could a $10-million system have saved lives in Kozhikode plane crash?

While most plane crash investigations blame dead pilots, Kozhikode investigators may have to dig much deeper

Flyers to be under watch at airports for signs of nervousness, anxiety

A team of 50 officials being trained by the US to spot clues for malicious intent

Electronics like camera, iPads to be banned from US bound flights

The ban was revealed in statements from Royal Jordanian Airlines

US airport pat-downs are about to get more invasive

The new policy also applies to airline pilots and flight attendants