The U.S. Air Force has told North Dakota leaders that it believes a Chinese company's plans to build a wet corn milling plant near its Grand Forks base poses a significant threat to national security, prompting city officials to say they'll move to stop a project once touted as an economic boon. The Fufeng Group's planned $700 million facility would be 12 miles (19 kilometers) from the Grand Forks Air Force Base, a location that triggered some local concern about potential espionage. Gov. Doug Burgum and U.S. Sens. John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer all Republicans pressed the federal government in July to expedite a review of any security risk. U.S.-China business ties have become strained amid growing tensions between the two countries over security and trade issues, which often overlap. China on Monday criticized U.S. controls on technology exports as a trade violation. Fears over spying have led the U.S. armed forces to prohibited the Chinese-owned app TikTok on military devices, and
The actions helped ensure the carriers paid required refunds "to hundreds of thousands of passengers who had their flights canceled or significantly changed"
Says it's looking at various partnering options for next-gen turboprop aircraft
Boeing Co received preliminary US regulatory clearance to restart deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner aircraft, paving the way for the end to a drought that drained cash and dented its reputation
Bajaj Finserv on Thursday reported a 57 per cent jump in net profit at Rs 1,309 crore in the first quarter ended June 30, on healthy earnings by its subsidiary companies.
The agreement on Thursday comes a day after Spirit's attempt to merge with Frontier Airlines fell apart.
Carriers are struggling to ramp up capacity and get operations back on a smoother track, resulting in higher operational costs
Two major Japanese airlines said Wednesday they will restore flights to the United States after the deployment of 5G mobile
Ahead of the mega 5G rollout in the US, major airlines have announced to cancel some flights over concerns that it could potentially interfere with some instruments and may put flyers' safety at risk
Air India said on Tuesday it will curtail or revise its flights to the US due to deployment of 5G internet there from January 19. US aviation regulator Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had on January 14 said that 5G interference with the aircraft's radio altimeter could prevent engine and braking systems from transitioning to landing mode, which could prevent an aircraft from stopping on the runway. Therefore, a group of US-based airlines said on Monday in a letter to FAA that that 5G internet deployment could cause catastrophic aviation crisis. The group comprises airlines such as United Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Airlines and FedEx. Apart from Air India, United Airlines and American Airlines are the other two carriers that operate flights between India and the US. The airlines group said that 5G should be implemented everywhere in the US except within two miles of airport runways of affected airports. Air India tweeted on Tuesday: Due to deployment of 5G communicat
CEOs of major US airlines warned of an impending "catastrophic" aviation crisis in less than 36 hours
The Omicron coronavirus variant has driven up the latest wave of the health crisis in the US and added stress to the US airlines, some of which otherwise may have upside earnings
Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, JetBlue Airways and American Airlines have cancelled more than 750 flights combined on Christmas Day, and cancellations were set to continue
At least one airline said that it expects hundreds more cancellations on Sunday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major U.S. air carriers warned on Wednesday that plans by AT&T and Verizon Communications to use spectrum for 5G wireless services could be highly disruptive to air travel and cost air passengers $1.6 billion annually in delays.
'Things will get worse for the Indian aviation industry before they get better,' says industry official
The company is still working out details but will likely offer the vaccine to employees by appointment or on a walk-in basis
US airlines would receive $17 billion for four months of payroll support under a new $908 billion bipartisan Senate Covid-19 relief proposal, staffers for two US Senators said
Some 1 million passengers passed through airport screenings on Sunday, the highest number since the pandemic swept into the United States in mid-March
The first thing companies try to sell in a crisis are bits of paper. Airlines have issued $88 billion in bonds so far in 2020