This week, Airbus got a brutal reminder that even the world’s most-delivered jet — the A320 — isn’t immune to shocks as disparate as solar flares and flawed metal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/06/companies/airbus-icarus-bug/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #airlines #airbus #tourism
Global airlines scrambled to fix a software glitch on Airbus A320 jets, as a partial recall by the company halted hundreds of flights in Asia and Europe and threatened U.S. travel over the busiest weekend of the year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/30/companies/global-airlines-airbus-a320/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #airbus #airlines #tourism
Europe's Airbus said Friday it was ordering immediate repairs to 6,000 of its widely used A320 family of jets in a sweeping recall affecting more than half the global fleet, sparking disruption worldwide. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/29/companies/airbus-a320-recall-disruption/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #airlines #tourism #airbus
Luke Drury
boosted
“Taxing airline fuel is not the only answer to encouraging more people to choose low-carbon travel, but it’s a start.
It’s ludicrous that the most environmentally damaging form of transport doesn’t pay fuel tax”
#Climate #Energy #Taxation #FossilFuels #Transport #Airlines #Aviation
The Chinese government has instructed the country’s airlines to reduce the number of flights to Japan through March 2026, signaling Beijing is braced for a protracted spat between the two nations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/25/japan/china-flight-cuts-extension/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #china #chinajapanrelations #taiwan #sanaetakaichi #airlines #aviation #tourism
“Taxing airline fuel is not the only answer to encouraging more people to choose low-carbon travel, but it’s a start.
It’s ludicrous that the most environmentally damaging form of transport doesn’t pay fuel tax”
#Climate #Energy #Taxation #FossilFuels #Transport #Airlines #Aviation
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
