The New York Times – Travel:
A FedEx cargo plane had to abort its landing after a departing Southwest Airlines flight was cleared to use the same runway, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Category: Airlines and Airplanes
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Hong Kong To Give Away 500,000 Plane Tickets to Lure Tourists
The New York Times – Travel:
The city’s reputation has been hammered by protests, a harsh security law and strict Covid measures. It hopes a giveaway of 500,000 plane tickets woos back tourists.
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The Last Boeing 747 Leaves the Factory
The New York Times – Travel:
The plane known as “Queen of the Skies” helped make air travel more affordable, but it has been supplanted by smaller, more efficient aircraft.
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Southwest Lost $220 Million Because of Holiday Meltdown
The New York Times – Travel:
The airline canceled 16,700 flights before and after Christmas as it struggled to recover from bad weather.
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Air Travel Debacles Put Pete Buttigieg in the Hot Seat
The New York Times – Travel:
Pete Buttigieg, the transportation secretary, is facing scrutiny after a meltdown by Southwest Airlines and a Federal Aviation Administration system outage wreaked havoc on flights.
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F.A.A. Says Outage Was Mistakenly Caused by Contractors
The New York Times – Travel:
The workers “unintentionally deleted files” on the alert system for pilots, causing thousands of flights to be delayed on Jan. 11, just weeks after another nationwide air travel failure.
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Could Air Someday Power Your Flight? Airlines Are Betting on It.
The New York Times – Travel:
New technologies, including one fuel extracted from the atmosphere itself, could make flying more sustainable. But the challenges are many and the timeline is uncertain.
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Plane’s Takeoff Aborted as Another Crossed Its Path at Kennedy, F.A.A. Says
The New York Times – Travel:
A Delta flight was taking off at Kennedy International Airport when an American Airlines plane crossed about 1,000 feet ahead of it, officials said.
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Cloud ‘Shot Up’ Just Before Severe Turbulence Struck, Report Says
The New York Times – Travel:
A Hawaiian Airlines pilot said a flight last month hit turbulence, injuring 25 people, right after a cloud shot up vertically like a smoke plume, according to a federal report.