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Washington DC’s CBS affiliate reports: A United plane made contact with a kite while attempting to land at Reagan National Airport Saturday afternoon, witnesses told WUSA9. The pilot of United Airlines Flight 654 from Houston can be heard over air traffic radio, giving details about the kite to an air traffic controller. “You were telling me those details about the …

The BBC reports: Heathrow Airport will be closed throughout Friday after a fire at an electrical substation halted all flights with local residents evacuated from their homes and schools shut. Almost 5,000 homes remain without power after two explosions and a fire at the substation in Hayes, west London, and 150 people have been evacuated from surrounding properties. Emergency services …

The New York Times reports: Staffing at the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan National Airport was “not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic,” according to an internal preliminary Federal Aviation Administration safety report about the collision. The controller who was handling helicopters in the airport’s vicinity Wednesday night was also instructing planes that were …

The Associated Press reports: Mexican airline Aeromexico had the world’s best record for on-time arrivals in 2024, according to an annual ranking released Thursday. Delta Air Lines scored the highest among U.S. carriers. Aviation-data provider Cirium said in a report that nearly 87% of Aeromexico flights arrived within 15 minutes of their scheduled arrival, a widely used measure of on-time …

NBC News reports: The Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation after a private jet carrying the Gonzaga University men’s basketball team nearly crossed a runway as another flight was taking off Friday at Los Angeles International Airport. The plane operated by Key Lime Air was ordered by air traffic controllers to stop as a Delta aircraft took off. No …

CNN reports: Holiday travelers returning home this weekend could contend with more delays at airports as severe thunderstorms intensify in the South and a parade of atmospheric river-fueled storms slams the West. More flight delays and cancellations could be on the horizon this busy holiday weekend after over 18,000 flights into, out of, or within the United States were delayed …

ABC News reports: A “technical issue” disrupted American Airlines flights nationwide early on Tuesday, the airline said, at the start of a busy Christmas Eve for travelers around the country. The Federal Aviation Administration said American requested a ground stop for all its flights. “We’re currently experiencing a technical issue with all American Airlines flights,” the airline wrote in a …

Travel Pulse reports: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced that Sunday, December 1 was the busiest air travel day in the administration’s history, with 3.087 million air travelers screened through security checkpoints nationwide following the busy Thanksgiving holiday season. The record-breaking total is significantly higher than the same total on December 1 last year, which was 2.32 million travelers. The …

Newsweek reports: An Arctic blast is set to plunge much of the U.S. into a deep freeze over the holidays, with wind chill in some regions dropping as a low as – 40 degrees F. The cold air will arrive in the Midwest and northern Plains by Thanksgiving, dropping the mercury below zero, before moving into the South and East …

The Associated Press reports: Service workers at Charlotte Douglas International Airport have gone on strike during a busy week of Thanksgiving travel to protest what they say are unlivable wages. Several hundred workers were expected to walk off the job and continue the work stoppage throughout Monday. Most of them earn between $12.50 and $19 an hour, which is well …

Courthouse News reports: Beyond trademark infringement, the city of Oakland’s change of its airport name to include “San Francisco” is also confusing travelers, attorneys for the city of San Francisco argued Thursday. During a hearing Thursday afternoon, attorney Bobby Ghajar said San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is the only entity that uses “San Francisco” to denote an airport and that …

USA Today reports: There were over 1,300 flights canceled and more than 3,200 delays as of 9:40 a.m. ET, according to flight-tracking website FlightAware. Most airlines were able to resume operations as the morning progressed, but many said they expected disruptions to continue throughout the day. Around the world, airports and airlines advised customers to arrive earlier than normal for …

ABC News reports: The Transportation Security Administration has broken a new record after screening the most people ever in a single day. On Sunday, July 7, the agency processed 3,013,413 travelers at U.S. airports. The new peak comes just weeks after the TSA set record just shy of 3 million screenings, which was achieved on June 23. “TSA fully, unerringly, …

Politico reports: Passengers whose flights are canceled or “significantly” delayed won’t have to fight to get a cash refund from the airline under a new Biden administration rule issued Wednesday. The rule comes after more than a year of promises by the administration to shore up protections for air passengers, who have suffered through a glut of delays, cancellations and …

Politico reports: In this deep blue state where Republicans rarely back Democratic colleagues in the Capitol, one issue is overcoming the partisan divide: line skipping at airports. A pair of Orange County state senators from opposing parties — who frequently fly between their districts and Sacramento — are both boosting a first-in-the-nation proposal critics say would ban the expedited security …

CNN reports: San Francisco is suing its neighbor across the Bay over a plan to change the name of Oakland’s airport. Earlier this month, the Port of Oakland’s commissioners voted unanimously to change the name of Oakland International Airport to “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport.” “The feedback we get [from airlines] … is, because there is lack of name …

NBC News reports: More than 1500 flights within, to or out of the United States were canceled Tuesday as extreme winter weather continued to wreak havoc for travelers. Data from the tracking group FlightAware also showed more than 3,000 U.S. flights were delayed Tuesday as of 10:07 a.m. ET. United Airlines saw the most cancellations at 303, FlightAware data showed. …

CBS News reports: The Transportation Security Administration found a record-setting 6,737 guns at airport security checkpoints in 2023, the agency announced Wednesday. The agency said approximately 93% of the weapons were loaded, which TSA Administrator David Pekoske said was “concerning.” More than 1,100 guns were found at just three airports, the TSA said. Officers at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, the …

Bloomberg News reports: Airports around the world are relocating sensitive electrical equipment to rooftops to protect it from flooding, reinforcing runways to handle extreme temperature swings and revving up air conditioning as climate change complicates operations. In New York, the $19 billion redevelopment of John F. Kennedy International Airport includes preparing for more extreme weather events such as storm surges …

The New York Times reports: While there have been no major U.S. plane crashes in more than a decade, potentially dangerous incidents are occurring far more frequently than almost anyone realizes — a sign of what many insiders describe as a safety net under mounting stress. So far this year, close calls involving commercial airlines have been happening, on average, …