Tag: New york
NEWS Jul 22, 2026 LaGuardia Tower Alerts Pilots to Possible Shoulder-Fired Missile Threat Near Airport Air traffic controllers at LaGuardia warned inbound pilots about a reported rocket launcher near the airport. Authorities later cleared the alert. Read More →
NEWS Jul 20, 2026 NTSB Finds Bird Strike Evidence in Fatal New York Helicopter Crash That Killed Six Federal investigators found feathers and biological material on the wreckage of a Hudson River helicopter crash that killed six people last year. Read More →
NEWS Jun 19, 2026 FAA Extends JFK Flight Caps Through 2027, Blocking New Service at New York's Busiest International Airport The FAA will keep strict flight limits at New York JFK through October 2027, meaning no new airline service or added flights for travelers. Read More →
ROUTES Jun 01, 2026 Italy Considers Long-Haul Business-Class-Only Flights Between New York and Milan Linate Italy weighs allowing intercontinental business-class-only service from Linate to New York, opening the slot-restricted Milan airport to transatlantic routes. Read More →
ROUTES May 22, 2026 Kazakhstan's National Carrier Is Seeking State Funds to Launch Its First US Flights Air Astana, the flag carrier of Kazakhstan, has formally sought financial support from the Kazakh state to help fund the launch of direct flights to the United States. Read More →
NEWS May 20, 2026 A Sinkhole Has Swallowed Part of a LaGuardia Runway Just Days Before Memorial Day, and Hundreds of Flights Are Already Cancelled A sinkhole discovered during a routine airfield inspection at New York's LaGuardia Airport has forced the closure of one of the airport's only two runways, triggering a cascade of cancellations and delays on one of the worst possible days for travel disruption. Read More →
NEWS May 07, 2026 Delta Is Facing a $5 Million Lawsuit for Allegedly Steering Passengers Away From Cash Refunds They Had Already Paid For A class action lawsuit filed in a New York district court on May 1, 2026 has placed Delta Air Lines at the centre of one of the most pointed consumer protection challenges in recent US aviation history, accusing the Atlanta-based carrier of deliberately designing its cancellation website to push passengers who purchased fully refundable tickets toward an inferior, expiring electronic credit rather than the cash refund they contractually paid a premium to receive. Read More →
ROUTES May 06, 2026 Air India Is Cancelling Hundreds of Long-Haul Flights to London, New York and Sydney Air India has confirmed a sustained and significant reduction in its international flight operations stretching through the end of July 2026, following an internal message from outgoing Chief Executive and Managing Director Campbell Wilson. Read More →
NEWS Apr 27, 2026 Joby Aviation Just Flew an Electric Air Taxi from JFK to Manhattan in Under 10 Minutes and It Plans to Do It Again for the Next 10 Days New York City witnessed a genuine landmark in urban aviation when Joby Aviation became the first company to fly an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, an eVTOL, on a point-to-point route between John F. Kennedy International Airport and Manhattan. Read More →
NEWS Apr 14, 2026 The World's First Economy Sleep Pods Are Finally Taking Flight on Air New Zealand's Longest Routes Air New Zealand has confirmed that its revolutionary Economy Skynest™, the world's first lie-flat sleep pods designed specifically for economy-class passengers, will go on sale on 18 May 2026, with the first flights featuring the product commencing in November 2026. Read More →