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A Beechcraft Bonanza carrying five people crashed in a parking lot in Lititz, Pennsylvania, near a retirement village south of Lancaster Airport, on Sunday afternoon, according to Federal Aviation Administration officials. All passengers survived and were transported to hospitals for treatment. Air...

American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ:AAL) is taking aim at “gate lice” – an industry term for passengers who crowd gates before their boarding group is called – with new technology being rolled out to more than 100 U.S. airports during the holiday season. What Happened: The...

South Korea has issued a stern warning of military action in response to Kim Jong Un‘s North Korea recently launching trash-filled balloons. What Happened: Incheon International Airport, one of Asia’s busiest, faced temporary shutdowns after a balloon was spotted nearby. Operations...

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is currently grappling with a cyberattack that happened during the weekend and has disrupted its internet, phone, email, and other systems What Happened: The Port of Seattle, which operates the airport, is working relentlessly to restore the affected services...

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL) is set to launch its long-awaited premium lounge experience to provide a heightened level of service and hospitality to customers. New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport will host the inaugural premium lounge, a sweeping 38,000-...

United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: UAL) on Friday said that it would stop flying in and out of New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport by the end of October. United restarted flights out of the airport in 2021 after a five-year gap. United has been flying to San...

Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is seeing strong new product momentum, and as recently as this month, the tech giant hosted its first hardware launch event of the year. What Happened: Apple resurrected its ailing Mac product line up by focusing on innovation and performance, with the latest M1-...

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St. Louis Lambert International Airport in Missouri has ended its controversial exploration of going private. Mayor Lyda Krewson pulled the plug Dec. 22 after a two-year process to consider leasing the airport to a private operator. Krewson previously supported studying whether privatization could...

DHL Express' new plan to build a sort facility for packages at Riga International Airport reflects the burgeoning business interest in Latvia as an air cargo hub. During the first nine months of the year, the airport handled almost 20,000 tons of cargo – half the entire air cargo volume in the...

Hamburg Airport has joined the growing roster of European airports that are adopting digitalization to facilitate and expedite air cargo handling. After a six-month pilot program, Hamburg Airport Cargo Center has fully adopted the Fair@Link system to respond to a requirement for faster and more...

In India, GMR Hyderabad Airport Cargo launched its Hyderabad Cargo Charter Circle (HC3) handling program this month. Airport operator GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd. (GHIAL), a subsidiary of GMR Airports Ltd. and a step-down subsidiary of GMR Infrastructure Ltd. (GMR Group), plans to boost...

St. Louis, a major city along the Mississippi River in the U.S. Midwestern state of Missouri, has taken a step forward in assessing whether to seek a private operator for St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) under the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA's) Airport Investment Partnership...

U.S.-based freighter operator Kalitta Air may be forced to exit service at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, a key European hub for 15 years, over an ongoing dispute about take-off and landing slots.  Kalitta operates the only scheduled all-cargo service between Schiphol and the U.S., but its on-time...

FreightWaves features Market Voices – a forum for voices with unique knowledge of numerous transportation/logistics/supply chain sectors, as well as other critical expertise. It was recently announced that Beijing's second international airport, Beijing Daxing International Airport, has been...