Transport
A record number of Americans are expected to travel by car this Memorial Day weekend, and airports could be busier than they’ve been since 2005, according to a forecast released Monday by AAA. The auto club anticipates 43.8 million people will travel 50 miles or more from home over the holiday weekend, surpassing pre-pandemic levels.…
The Senate is struggling to reach an agreement on time as they work to avoid a lapse of the program before Friday’s deadline while trying to extend the Federal Aviation Administration's authority for five more years.
Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced a bill that would boost competition in the airline industry and cut prices for consumers. The legislation, named the “Airport Gate Competition Act,” was introduced Tuesday. The bill aims to increase the number of common-use gates available to all airlines, which proponents argue would give smaller…
The leader of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) mentioned on Wednesday that the absence of Boeing documents will make the investigation into the midair blowout on an Alaska Airlines flight from earlier this year more difficult. NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy wrote a letter to Senators Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) to provide an update to the Senate Committee on…
A class action lawsuit accusing Norfolk Southern of negligence over the train derailment that released toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio last year can go forward, a federal judge decided on Wednesday. Judge Benita Yalonda Pearson rejected the railroad’s arguments that claims in the lawsuit were protected by federal law regulating railroads, instead ruling that the…
It’s called ‘white’ for now, until a color that ‘does not create confusion’ is picked.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is conducting a criminal investigation after the Alaska Airlines incident, where a door panel blew off a Boeing 737 Max mid-flight. Investigators have contacted some passengers and crew who were on the Jan. 5 flight that made the emergency landing in Portland, Ore., the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.…
A United Airlines plane headed to Mexico City had to make an emergency landing in Los Angeles Friday, after the crew reported a hydraulics issue. The Airbus A320 jetliner — flying from San Francisco to Mexico — landed safely at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) around 4:30 p.m. local time Friday, according to the Federal…
A United Airlines Boeing plane lost a tire during takeoff from San Francisco International Airport, but the flight landed safely at Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday. The Boeing 777 jet, which has six tires on its main landing gear, was flying to Osaka International Airport in Japan. The tire pieces landed in…
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