The 60,000 men and women responsible for keeping American skies safe have gone unpaid throughout the government shutdown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/23/world/politics/air-safety-workers-us-shutdown/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #tsa #airports #travel #us #donaldtrump
An All Nippon Airways flight returned to Tokyo's Haneda Airport Monday evening, about an hour after takeoff, as it was discovered that the aircraft had hit runway lights. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/14/japan/ana-flight-haneda-return/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ana #airlines #aviation #airports #hanedaairport
Concerns over flight delays and missed paychecks due to the U.S. government shutdown escalated Wednesday, as senators rejected yet another bid to end the standoff. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/world/us-worsening-flight-delays/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #airports #travel
How all non-European Union citizens, including British visitors, travel to and from the bloc will start to change from Sunday when its long-delayed new biometric entry-check system starts operations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/world/eu-biometric-border-checks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #eu #europe #uk #travel #airports
The number of air traffic controllers calling in sick since the U.S. government shutdown began last week has seen a slight "tick up," Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/world/air-traffic-control-us-shutdown/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #airports #travel #donaldtrump
China's Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport confirmed that direct flights between India and China will resume later this month, ending a halt of more than five years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/04/india-china-flights-resume/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #china #india #airlines #airports
EU agency ENISA confirms cyberattack caused airport disruptions
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/eu-agency-says-third-party-ransomware-behind-airport-disruptions-2025-09-22/
#EU #ENISA #Cybersecurity #airports
Denmark's Aalborg airport has been shut down due to drones in its airspace, two days after the country's main Copenhagen airport was similarly closed over drone sightings that rattled European aviation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/25/world/crime-legal/denmark-airport-drones-copenhagen/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #denmark #copenhagen #airports #drones #russia
Drone sightings disrupt flights at Copenhagen, Oslo airports https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/23/world/drones-copenhagen-oslo-airports/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #drones #copenhagen #oslo #airports #denmark #sweden
EU agency ENISA confirms cyberattack caused airport disruptions
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/eu-agency-says-third-party-ransomware-behind-airport-disruptions-2025-09-22/
#EU #ENISA #Cybersecurity #airports
Airports in Berlin, London and Brussels faced continued delays after a cyberattack on a key airline check-in system forced staff to process passengers manually. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/22/world/europe-air-travel-cyberattack/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #berlin #london #brussels #airports #europe #eu #hacking #cybersecurity
Tokyo police have arrested a 21-year-old security inspector at Haneda Airport on suspicions that he had stolen some ¥1.5 million from 70 to 80 passengers undergoing baggage inspection since around August. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/15/japan/crime-legal/haneda-airport-worker-arrested-over-theft/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #tokyo #hanedaairport #airports #theft
The number of foreign passengers using Narita Airport rose 1% in June from a year earlier to 1,849,269, a record high for the month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/01/japan/narita-record-june/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #naritaairport #airports #tourism #chiba
A U.S. Osprey military aircraft made an emergency landing in Iwate Prefecture in the latest in a string of mishaps and accidents involving the controversial tilt-rotor plane. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/24/japan/osprey-landing-iwate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #us #osprey #iwate #defenseministry #airports
U.S. travelers no longer have to worry about removing their shoes to go through standard airport security checkpoints, a change that will likely speed up screening for airline passengers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/09/world/tsa-travelers-shoes-airport/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #tsa #us #airports #terrorism #travel #tourism
A bear roaming the runway forced a Japanese airport to cancel flights on Thursday and declare itself off-limits to passengers for the day. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/26/japan/bear-roaming-runway-halts-airport/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #animals #airports