Passenger jet had to abort takeoff to avoid runway collision at New York’s LaGuardia Airport (Photo: AP) Federal officials are investigating why two planes got dangerously close on a runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport earlier this month despite the airport being equipped with an advanced surface radar system that’s designed to help prevent such…
Newark Liberty International Airport has faced many disruptions in recent weeks. Technology outages, air traffic controller shortages and runway construction at the busy hub have led to scores of canceled and delayed flights. The Federal Aviation Administration says it’s trying to improve the situation, including with software and hardware upgrades. On Wednesday, it met with…
Flying into or out of Newark Liberty International Airport has brought plenty of misery in the last week, with cancellations, delays stretching well past five hours and flight diversions that have stranded travelers far from their destinations. Passengers are reporting on social media that they have missed flights and spent hours stuck on the tarmac…
Airlines are having to revamp their plans ahead of the peak summer travel season as Canadians avoid trips to the United States amid an escalating trade war between the two neighbors. A grass roots effort by Canadians to boycott all things American — from U.S. grocery products and alcohol to tourist hot spots — had…
Some travelers were headed to weddings, some to funerals. Others were leaving for a Disneyland Paris vacation, taking a business trip to Britain, returning home from a honeymoon in Italy or moving to Australia. Instead, on Friday, they found themselves sitting on airport floors, riding on buses or checking in to hotels as tens of…
Some travelers were headed to a wedding, some to a funeral. Others were leaving for a vacation in Iceland, taking a business trip to Britain or returning home from a honeymoon in Italy. But on Friday, tens of thousands of passengers in Europe and beyond were stranded hundreds of miles from their destinations as a…
A United Airlines flight from Houston to New York was evacuated on Sunday after its engine caught fire shortly before takeoff. Flight 1382 was about to depart George Bush Intercontinental Airport for LaGuardia Airport just after 8.30 am when the crew “received an indication about one engine and halted the takeoff while still on the…
Thirty-eight people were injured on a United Airlines flight that was headed this week to Washington, D.C., from Lagos, Nigeria, officials in Nigeria said, after the plane experienced what the airline described as “a technical issue and an unexpected aircraft movement.” Six people were treated at a hospital for their injuries, the Nigerian authorities and…
This year just got started, but it is already shaping up nicely for U.S. airlines. After several setbacks, the industry ended 2024 in a fairly strong position because of healthy demand for tickets and the ability of several airlines to control costs and raise fares, experts said. Barring any big problems, airlines — especially the…
A body was found in the wheel well of a United Airlines after the aircraft landed in the Hawaiian island of Maui, the airline said on Wednesday. The body was discovered in one of the compartments that houses the airplane’s landing gear when United Flight 202 from Chicago O’Hare International Airport landed at Kahului Airport…