House Homeland Security Committee chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.) has unveiled a bill that would prohibit illegal immigrants from boarding commercial flights into and within the United States without valid identification. “Allowing illegal immigrants to abuse commercial airline travel is unacceptable,” Mr. Green said in a statement on April 11, in which he announced the draft […]
A federal judge on Monday dismissed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis from a lawsuit filed by illegal immigrants who were transported to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, on chartered flights in 2022. In a 77-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs said that there were “insufficient facts” presented in the lawsuit to exercise jurisdiction over Mr. DeSantis […]
MIAMI—Severe thunderstorms in South Florida delayed departures at the Miami International Airport during the busy spring break season, suspended a popular electronic music festival, and disrupted matches at a high-profile tennis tournament. The thunderstorms that swept into South Florida Friday night delayed departures at Miami International for hours Saturday, according to the National Airspace System […]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a warning on Thursday about potential disruptions in air travel surrounding the upcoming total solar eclipse on April 8. The celestial event, set to cast a path of totality across 13 states, is anticipated to impact air travel operations before, during, and after the eclipse, according to the aviation […]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark—Almost everything that gets onto a commercial plane—fuel, checked-in baggage, cargo and meals—is weighed. For passengers and their cabin bags, most airlines use average data. But Finland’s national carrier Finnair said Friday that it started asking passengers this week voluntarily and anonymously hop onto a scale with their hand luggage at the country’s main […]
This Thanksgiving Holiday many are traveling to visit family and friends. They want to get on and off that plane as quickly as possible to be with loved ones. The aviation industry is working hard to make those flights as short as possible. NTD’s Virginia Gibson has more.
The first British repatriation flight from Israel was expected to depart Tel Aviv Thursday, with more planned. Family members in the UK of Israeli hostages describe the invasion of Israel by Hamas as a “second Holocaust,” as they call for the safe return of their relatives and friends. To understand the involvement of communist groups […]
The “state of war” that was dropped by the Hamas terror group in Israel this weekend has disrupted flight operations in and out of Israeli airports, with several major U.S. airlines either halting or re-routing flights. According to the flight tracking website Flightradar24, flights to and from Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport by airlines like […]
BEIJING—Typhoon Talim became the first typhoon to make landfall in China this year on Monday evening, prompting authorities to issue flood warnings, cancel flights and trains, and order people to stay at home. Talim, the fourth typhoon of the year, made landfall at 10:20 p.m. (1420 GMT) in Zhanjiang city of Guangdong province, with winds […]
Claude Ronnie Msowoya and his family spent three days trying to get to Johannesburg, South Africa, only to be forced to return to the start of his journey by train, without his baggage. Msowoya told CNN that his United Airlines flight from Boston to Newark airport was delayed Sunday, which caused him and his family […]
Russia’s airspace closure now affecting China. According to the head of a global airline industry group, international flights flying to and from China will likely get reduced because of the increased distance to re-route around Russia. China’s domestic airspace traffic hit a peak after the COVID-19 pandemic, but international flights are still at a low […]
AUSTIN, Texas—A mess of ice, sleet, and snow lingered across much of the southern U.S. on Thursday as thousands in Texas endured freezing temperatures with no power, including many in the state capital of Austin, but a warming trend was forecast to bring relief from the deadly storm that is blamed for at least 10 […]
At least three people have died in fatal crashes on slick, ice-packed roads in Texas amid a series of ice storms that have brought inclement weather conditions across parts of south central United States on Tuesday. The wintry weather conditions arose on Monday, causing dangerous travel conditions for those both on the roads and in […]
DALLAS—Winter weather brought ice to Texas and nearby states Tuesday, causing the cancellation of more than 980 flights and delays to nearly 800 more. Numerous auto collisions were reported in Austin, Texas, with at least one fatality according to the Austin Fire Department. More than 500 flights to or from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and […]
Thousands of people were in Washington, D.C., on Friday for the 50th annual March for Life in a post-Roe America. President Joe Biden is touting legislative achievements on his second anniversary in office. The White House makes its latest move after Biden says he has “no regrets” about classified documents. An often overlooked factor of […]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has revealed the cause of a systems outage that on Jan. 11 led to a ground stop of thousands of flights and disrupted air travel across the United States. The FAA has been probing the reasons behind the failure of a key pilot notification system operated by the agency since it […]
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said his agency isn’t ruling out the possibility of “nefarious activity” being behind a computer outage that grounded all U.S. flights on Wednesday. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which is overseen by Buttigieg’s agency, halted all domestic flights on Wednesday after the Notice to Air Missions system that relays real-time flight […]
Operations in the United States are starting to resume after all flights across the country were grounded, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Jan. 11. “Normal air traffic operations are resuming gradually across the U.S. following an overnight outage to the Notice to Air Missions system that provides safety info to flight crews,” the […]
A severe weather system across several parts of the United States has prompted the three major airports servicing New York City to urge passengers to arrive early for flights on what is expected to be one of the busiest travel days of the year. As of early Sunday, 1,056 flights into, out of, or within […]
A number of Florida airports remained closed on Thursday with thousands of flights canceled in the wake of Hurricane Ian. Just before midnight on Wednesday, Jacksonville International Airport tweeted that its airport terminal had closed and all Thursday flights were canceled. The airport didn’t say when it would reopen. Key West International Airport reopened on […]
