Storms knock out power in the Midwest and disrupt Chicago flights

Damaging storms swept through the Midwest on Wednesday, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of customers and causing more than a thousand flight delays or cancellations at Chicago airports. The National Weather Service issued tornado warnings across Illinois, Kansas, northern Missouri and southern Iowa, while severe thunderstorm watches were in place for parts of … Read more

Air Canada pilot accused of flying over 900 flights without valid license:

A former Air Canada pilot has been charged after flying for years without a proper license, Canadian police said Tuesday, in a case that investigators said mirrored a Hollywood screenplay. Geoffrey Wall, of Barrie, Ontario, is alleged to have operated as an airline captain between 2009 and 2025 without a license to fly large commercial … Read more

Former Air Canada pilot flew hundreds of flights without proper license, police say

A former pilot flew commercial planes for nearly 17 years allegedly without the required license, Ontario police said. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. A “complex fraud and forgery investigation” uncovered that a commercial airline pilot who spent the entirety of his career — from 1998 … Read more

FAA chief reacts to Mullin’s suggestion to halt international flights to Newark over ICE protests

Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Bryan Bedford is reacting to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin’s suggestion to halt international flights to Newark, New Jersey, amid tense ICE protests. Lindsey Reiser reports. Source link

Delta is cutting food and beverage service on shorter flights

If you’re flying Delta Air Lines this summer, you may want to pack your own snacks. Delta on Tuesday said it is cutting food and beverage service on shorter routes beginning May 19. The move is aimed at creating “a more consistent experience across our network,” the airline said in a statement to CBS News.  … Read more

“This is it tonight”: Spirit Airlines pilots sign off on final flights

Air traffic control audio records showed the exchanges between controllers and the pilots of some of Spirit Airlines’ final flights overnight Saturday, shortly after the airline announced it was ceasing operations after a government bailout failed to materialize.  Around midnight, an American Airlines employee at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport can be heard offering well … Read more

Spirit Airlines announces all flights are canceled as it shuts down operations

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Hailstorm kills emu at Missouri zoo, cancels flights and damages vehicles

Glass shards flew everywhere as Eric Gockel waited out one of the worst hail storms to hit Missouri. One of the softball-size hunks of ice that hit the Springfield area on Tuesday measured 4.75 inches (12 centimeters). The hail killed an emu at the zoo, injured some drivers, knocked out power to thousands and damaged … Read more

Airline company Lufthansa cuts 20,000 flights as war squeezes fuel prices and supplies

LAS VEGAS — The German company that owns Lufthansa Airlines and other European carriers said Tuesday that it would cut 20,000 short-haul flights through October as the Iran war drives up oil prices and deepens worries that some countries may run low on jet fuel. The Lufthansa Group said the cancellation of less profitable routes, … Read more