Plans to extend the runway at Sapporo’s Okadama Airport are moving forward to boost commercial flight capacity, attract more business jets and facilitate medevac flights at the city’s smaller airport. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/17/japan/okadama-airport-extension/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okadamaairport #hokkaido #sapporo #airports #airlines #tourism #mlit
Japan Airlines has sought proposals from manufacturers for up to 70 regional and turboprop aircraft to replace its domestic fleet, according to people familiar with the matter. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/14/companies/jal-regional-fleet-overhaul/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #jal #airlines
U.S. airlines are kicking off an unprecedented effort to shake off the travel chaos caused by the government shutdown and reboot their networks in time for the busy Thanksgiving holiday travel period. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/14/companies/us-shutdown-airlines-bounce-back/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #us #democrats #republicans #tourism #airlines
Donald Trump demanded air traffic controllers return to work after another day of flight cancellations, which the administration ordered to manage staff shortages during the government shutdown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/11/world/politics/trump-air-traffic-flight-cancellations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #republicans #airlines #airports #travel
Airlines canceled more than 2,200 U.S. flights on Sunday, as air traffic control staffing shortages surge during the federal shutdown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/10/world/politics/us-air-traffic-controller-shutdown/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #republicans #travel #airlines #airports
Major airlines braced for a third day of government-mandated flight cuts Sunday after rising air traffic control staffing shortages snarled thousands of flights on Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/09/world/politics/us-flight-cuts-enter-third-day/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #travel #airlines #airports #us #donaldtrump #democrats #republicans #faa
The U.S. has warned it could force airlines to cut up to 20% of flights if the government shutdown did not end, as U.S. airlines scramble to make unprecedented government-imposed reductions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/08/world/us-flight-cuts-shutdown/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #republicans #democrats #congress #donaldtrump #airlines #tourism
“Today airlines began to cancel hundreds of flights. The Federal Aviation Administration said that reductions will begin at 4% on Friday and go up until they hit 10% on November 14.”
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #AirTravel #flights #airlines #airports
/8
"United, Southwest and Delta airlines began cancelling flights for Friday in compliance with the Federal Aviation Administration’s directive that will see reductions in flights at 40 major airports from Friday to help address air traffic controller shortage safety concerns as a result of the government shutdown."
~ Edward Helmore
#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #AirTravel #flights #airlines #airports
/9
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/06/us-40-airports-traffic-reduced
"For now, the affordability issue belongs to Democrats. Everything the administration is doing on the economy not only won’t make things better, it’s already unpopular. Tax cuts for the wealthy, tariffs, cutting off benefits to low-income people — they can say it’s going to improve the average person’s life, but that average person isn’t going to buy it."
~ Paul Waldman
#Trump #economy #TaxCuts #EconomicElites #food #groceries #layoffs #JobMarket #affordability
/7
https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-affordability-issue-belongs-to
“Today airlines began to cancel hundreds of flights. The Federal Aviation Administration said that reductions will begin at 4% on Friday and go up until they hit 10% on November 14.”
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #AirTravel #flights #airlines #airports
/8
Climate change is posing growing risks to aviation safety and efficiency by intensifying storms and turbulence, a new French study has found. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/07/japan/science-health/climate-change-typhoon-turbulence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #airlines #climatechange #typhoons
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is expected to order air traffic cuts by 10% at 40 major airports starting Friday if no deal to end the government shutdown is reached, sources familiar with the situation said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/06/world/politics/us-air-traffic-shutdown/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #travel #airlines #airports #us #donaldtrump
More than 5,600 flights were delayed across the U.S. Monday, with absences surging ahead of air traffic controllers missing their first paycheck Tuesday due to the government shutdown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/28/world/society/flight-delays-shutdown-day-27/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #travel #airports #airlines
United Airlines Holdings is betting on brand-loyal flyers and demand for its premium seats to drive profit through the end of 2025. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/16/companies/united-demand-premium-travel/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #unitedairlines #deltaairlines #airlines #travel
Major Chinese airlines urged the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump to abandon a plan that would bar them from flying over Russia on U.S. flights, saying it could raise fares and disrupt some routes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/15/companies/chinese-airlines-trump-russia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #china #us #airlines #travel #russia
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
Australian airline Qantas said Sunday that data from 5.7 million customers stolen in a major cyberattack this year had been shared online, part of a leak affecting dozens of firms. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/12/tech/qantas-data-leak/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #airlines #australia #qantas #cyberattacks #hacking #computers #tech
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
Boeing’s 777X is slated to fly commercially for the first time in early 2027 instead of next year, a fresh setback to the U.S. planemaker that sets the stage for potentially billions of dollars in accounting charges. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/03/boeing-plane-2027-setback/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #boeing #airlines #investments
Japan Airlines has decided to cut the remuneration of President Mitsuko Tottori and 36 other executives over a scandal involving a captain who drank excessively prior to his duties. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/17/japan/jal-punishes-president-and-36-executives/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #jal #drinking #alcohol #airlines
Two people appeared to have sustained minor injuries after a United Airlines flight made an emergency landing at Kansai International Airport on Friday night. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/12/japan/emergency-landing-united-airlines/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #kansaiairport #osaka #airlines #aviation #unitedairlines #chiba #naritaairport