Airplanes

Christmas Eve travel is back in the United States, although fewer passengers passed through TSA checkpoints Friday than on Christmas Eve 2019.

The agreement follows a letter from Boeing and Airbus which expressed concern that 5G C-band transmissions could interfere with radio altimeters, a critical instrument used by pilots to measure altitude in low visibility environments

More than 109 million Americans are expected to travel this holiday season according to AAA.

Delta Air Lines sent a letter to CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky this week requesting that the quarantine period for fully vaccinated individuals be cut in half, calling the current guidelines outdated.

Travel experts are saying Wednesday and Thursday are going to be the busiest days for holiday travelers. Shake Shack seems to be aware of this fact and has plans to offer free fries to airline passengers who have had their flights delayed or canceled.

Boeing has completed the sale of its Commercial Airplanes headquarters campus in a suburb of Seattle.

The Forbidding Airlines from Imposing Ridiculous Fees or FAIR Fees Act aims to limit fees placed on services such as checked bags, seat selection and ticket changes.

The FAA order pertains to a type of 5G slated to go live Jan. 5. It would restrict pilots from operating automatic landing and other cockpit systems commonly used in poor weather, to avoid possible interference from 5G in the spectrum range known as the C-band.

American Airlines is planning to trim international flights next summer because of Boeing’s delays in delivering new 787 Dreamliners, according to people familiar with the matter and a draft internal airline memo.

Southwest Airlines is extending its bookable flight schedule to summer 2022 just in time for the holiday season.

China’s aviation regulator cleared the Boeing 737 Max on Thursday to return to flying with technical upgrades more than two years after the plane was grounded worldwide following two fatal crashes.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screened more than 2.4 million people at security checkpoints across the nation Sunday, marking a new pandemic high.

Amid the holiday season, the agency is urging anyone who is setting up laser-light displays to make sure their creations are aimed toward their home and not at the sky, in order to protect pilots who have reported being distracted and even temporarily blinded from such incidents every year, the FAA said.

The Transportation Security Commission screened a total of 2,311,978 passengers on Wednesday as some travelers began heading out to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday with loved ones.

The Justice Department directed U.S. attorneys to prioritize prosecutions of commercial aircraft passengers who “endanger the safety" of other flight passengers.

The Thanksgiving travel rush is already underway, with U.S. fliers flocking to airports and millions of drivers expected to fill highways.

Transport Workers Union President John Samuelsen brought his concerns before the House Homeland Security Committee on Tuesday, saying a no-fly list must be established to quell the "increasing risk of workplace assault" that workers are facing across the nation.

To help passengers avoid as much suffering as possible, AAA projected the cheapest and quietest day to travel for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Frequent-flier programs really need a new name: Welcome to the era of the frequent-spender program.

Boeing has announced its first major sale at the Dubai Air Show.