Impact of COVID crisis on the future of specific civil types

[Grey Havoc]

How testing confusion is seeing airlines wrongly turn away travellers

One passenger was mistakenly told his antigen test was invalid when flying from Sao Paulo to London

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[Grey Havoc]

FAA warns it could cancel flights as US records 1,473 cancellations

The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday warned that even more flights could be canceled due to an increasing number of its employees testing positive for COVID.

www.dailymail.co.uk

New year brings more canceled flights for air travelers

The new year is bringing more of the same old misery that air travelers in the United States have been enduring for more than a week.

apnews.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

4,346 Flights Cancelled on New Year's Day - Slashdot

4,346 flights were cancelled worldwide by this morning, including 2,508 in the U.S. Airlines have been blaming cancellations on increasing Covid-19 infections among flightcrews creating staffing shortages, the Associated Press reports. "More than 12,000 U.S. flights have been canceled...

tech.slashdot.org

 

[Grey Havoc]

Thousands of United employees call out sick, forcing flight cancellations

United Airlines is canceling and rescheduling an unspecified number flights over staffing shortages from COVID-19 infections, CEO Scott Kirby said in a memo to staff on Monday. In the memo, wh…

thehill.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

Heathrow Airport warns return to normal travel years away

Britain's busiest airport wants an end to testing for all vaccinated travellers, as passengers hit 50-year low.

www.bbc.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

I have been meaning to cover this ongoing trainwreck over in the GPS III thread, but still haven't gotten around to it yet:

5G rollout will ground planes and cause travel chaos, US airlines warn

Bosses call for immediate action to prevent planes being ‘indefinitely grounded’

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[Grey Havoc]

Opinion | How to Mess Up a 5G Rollout

We’re from the FAA and we’re here to blame you for our mistakes.

www.wsj.com

British Airways cancels US flights over 5G safety fears

Lufthansa, Emirates, Japan Airlines, ANA and Air India also axe services as aircraft face potential interference from new mobile networks

www.telegraph.co.uk

Airlines canceled about 240 flights Wednesday after a 5G reprieve.

After airlines warned of air travel chaos, AT&T and Verizon said they would restrict the new wireless service near airports.

www.nytimes.com

 

[kaiserd]

Opinion | How to Mess Up a 5G Rollout

We’re from the FAA and we’re here to blame you for our mistakes.

www.wsj.com

British Airways cancels US flights over 5G safety fears

Lufthansa, Emirates, Japan Airlines, ANA and Air India also axe services as aircraft face potential interference from new mobile networks

www.telegraph.co.uk

Airlines canceled about 240 flights Wednesday after a 5G reprieve.

After airlines warned of air travel chaos, AT&T and Verizon said they would restrict the new wireless service near airports.

www.nytimes.com

Please don’t add news stories re: 5G to a COVID thread - it’s intentionally or unintentionally conflating completely unrelated topics/ news in a way that’s not helpful and which could be very potentially harmful.

 

[Grey Havoc]

Sorry, just meant to show how things other than Covid were further adding to the array of problems it had already created. I had actually forgotten about some of the crazier conspiracy theories that had been going around a while back.

 

[TomcatViP]

It's probably worth it's own thread though.
The answer to that problem is probably a push forward for an accelerated introduction of Microwave ILS (MILS).

 

[publiusr]

Covid and the rise of drones might give new life to Rayburn's Air Taxi model more than VLJs. "Uber Drone doesn't screen for Covid or contraband."

 

[Grey Havoc]

The scramble for cargo aircraft as shipping costs soar

Cargo aircraft are being rushed into service amid a worldwide shortage in shipping capacity.

www.bbc.com

British Airways brings back free snacks

Chief executive Sean Doyle tries to woo back passengers as he pledges to "build a better British Airways"

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[Grey Havoc]

Omicron forces flight diversions, cancellations in China

Chinese civil aviation regulators will divert a number of international arrivals at Shanghai Pudong to other cities in China, as the financial hub faces its worst-ever outbreak from the Omicron strain of the coronavirus.

www.flightglobal.com