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  5G words and an airplane toy are placed on a printed U.S. flag in this illustration taken January 18, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - It will likely take "years" to permanently address airplane interference issues caused by the deployment of 5G wireless in the C-band, a group representing major U.S. passenger and cargo carriers will tell U.S. lawmakers on Thursday. Nick Calio, who heads Airlines for America, will tell a House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee in written testimony that the 5G issues facing the aviation industry should have been avoided. "The process that led to this operational nightmare should be held up as a cautionary tale of government communication and coordination gone awry," his testimony, reviewed by Reuters and not yet made public, says. "It will likely take years, not days or weeks, to fully and permanently mitigate the interference issues caused by deployment of 5G in the C-band,...

  Ryanair has been ranked the worst short-haul airline for handling refunds during the coronavirus pandemic (Brian Lawless/PA) (PA Archive) Ryanair has been ranked the worst short-haul airline for handling refunds during the coronavirus pandemic. The Dublin-based carrier received a refund satisfaction score of just 47% in a survey by consumer group Which? More than one in five respondents who booked a Ryanair flight that was either cancelled or they were unable to board due to the virus crisis said it took them more than a month to get a refund. The airline plumbed new depths with its handling of Covid refunds Which? Travel editor Rory Boland One customer said: “Ryanair is the most awkward airline to deal with that I have ever come across. It seems to be proud of being difficult.” British Airways was ranked the second lowest of five airlines for refund satisfaction, with a score of 63%. Some passengers who telephoned the firm reported spending hours on hold only to be hun...

  Northern Pacific Airways livery gets its first viewing in California last month.  ANDREW BENDER A new low-fare airline between the United States and Asia is set to take off in autumn 2022. Northern Pacific Airways plans to link 5 airports in the continental US with four destinations in Japan and Korea. What’s the catch? A stopover in a sixth US destination: Anchorage, Alaska. Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport is to be Northern Pacific’s hub between Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, New York and Orlando in the US, and Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka, Japan, and Seoul, South Korea. Old Asia hands may be reminded of the ‘80s or earlier - refueling stops in Anchorage were routine back then. The rest of us may be wondering why we’d opt for a layover when there are now nonstop flights to Japan and Korea from all four corners of the Lower 48. Northern Pacific makes a compelling case, and it’s not just the low fares. First, geography. On a flat map, Alaska looks far f...

ATLANTA (CBS46) -- Dozens of cancellations and delays continue into Sunday at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport as the northeast was blanketed with several inches of snow. © ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE - Flight cancellations show on a departure board at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as a winter storm moves into the area Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Ben Gray) As of 10 a.m. Sunday, 58 total flights had been canceled either departing or arriving ATL. 39 of those were flights arriving to Hartsfield-Jackson. Another 38 flights had been delayed. LINK: Updated flight cancellations/delays at Hartsfield-Jackson The travel headaches were mostly caused by heavy snow in the northeast, as gusty winds and falling temperatures plunged the East Coast into a deep freeze as people dig out after a powerful nor'easter dumped mounds of snow, flooded coastlines and knocked out power to tens of thousands. © Charlie Riedel FILE - A passenger wears a face mask...

  NEW YORK (CBS New York)   — The renovation of   LaGuardia Airport   reached another milestone Thursday. Another upgrade was completed at the airport that was once the butt of jokes, CBS2’s Andrea Grymes reported. Gov. Kathy Hochul led the ribbon cutting on the brand new skybridge at Terminal B, the latest in a massive project to update the once dilapidated airport. (credit: CBS2) “Totally wowed. I mean, like everything is clean, modern and new,” said traveler Carolyn Sandgren Kempf. “It’s very impressive, especially if you had to go through the old terminal,” another traveler said. It’s a big change from LaGuardia’s old dirty and dilapidated condition, which wasn’t lost on fliers, or President Joe Biden when he was vice president. “If I took you and blindfolded you, and took you to LaGuardia Airport in New York, you must think ,’I must be in some third-world country.’ I’m not joking,” Biden famously said in 2014. Thursday’s event ce...

  A man was removed from a Delta plane at Logan Airport on Wednesday following a dispute over masks.  The airline said Flight 670 was delayed due to late-arriving equipment, and then it was returned to the gate where a passenger was taken off the plane.  Massachusetts State Police said they did not have specifics of the incident, but said one person was removed after an argument over a mask. The passenger was booked onto a different flight, police said. Delta said the flight arrived just under two hours after its scheduled arrival time in Salt Lake City. “We apologize for any inconvenience the departure delay may have had for our customers,” a Delta spokesperson said.  The increase of unruly passengers who refuse to follow basic safety rules and laws is worrying some passengers. Airlines are reporting a significant rise in unruly and disruptive passenger incidents. In 2020, the rate of incidents doubled, and that trend is continuing in 2021. In an informal su...

Los Angeles International Airport is America's second busiest airport. There are several ways of ranking airports, including by surface area and passenger traffic. Passenger traffic is the number of passengers who pass through an airport within a given time frame, usually one year. These passengers can either be international (from outside the country) or domestic (within the country) passengers. In 2019, airports in the United States served about 1.1 billion passengers. The number of passengers varied among airports, with some airports serving tens of millions of passengers. The US is home to four of the world’s ten busiest airports. Interestingly, some of the busiest airports in the country are not necessarily the biggest by surface area. Here are the US busiest airports by passenger traffic. Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) - 103.9 M  Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) - 84.5 M O’Hare International Airport (ORD) - 79.8 Dallas/Fort Worth In...

Airport Overview Detroit Metropolitan Airport is a major international airport in the United States. It is usually referred to as Detroit Airport, Metro Airport, or just by the airport code DTW. This airport is the primary international airport serving Detroit and surrounding communities. DTW covers an area of 4,850 acres (1,960 ha) in Romulus Michigan. It is owned by Wayne County, Michigan, and is operated by the Wayne County Airport Authority (WCAA). DTW is a major Delta hub which is all in the McNamara Terminal. All other airlines fly from the North Terminal. Airport Stats & Facts Detroit Airport has service to 30 international destinations and 39 states across the US. The Concourse A in McNamara Terminal is the 2nd largest airport concourse in the world. In 2016, DTW was the 18th busiest airport in the United States. In 2019, the Detroit Metropolitan Airport served over 36 million passengers, the most in the airport’s history. Airport Traveling Tips ...

Overview: LaGuardia Airport is located in Queens, New York and is about 8 miles (13 km) from Manhattan. It covers an area of 680 acres (280 ha). The airport is operated by The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. It has been criticized for various facilities, lack of cleanliness, and many other problems. The airport is under a $4B reconstruction project and is scheduled to be completed by 2022, which will make dramatic improvements for the traveling public. Interesting Facts LaGuardia Airport is the third busiest airport in New York City, and the 20th busiest in the US. In 2019, LGA had passenger traffic of around 30 million passengers. A perimeter rule prohibits all flights exceeding 1,500 miles, so most transcontinental and international flights use either JFK or Newark Liberty airports. Traveling Tips LGA airport is the busiest on Sunday evening from 5 pm to 6 pm. As the Airport is under construction, it is highly recommended that passengers arrive at t...