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Yahoo
7 hours ago
- Climate
- Yahoo
Extensive delays at major tri-state airports due to weather
NEW YORK (PIX11) — Travelers heading to major tri-state area airports may experience delays of up to two hours, according to the Federal Aviation Administration on Friday. As of 5:30 p.m. on Friday, delays were a little over two hours at LaGuardia Airport, nearly three hours at John F. Kennedy International Airport, and up to three and a half hours at Newark Liberty International Airport. More Local News The delays come as a result of wind and thunderstorms moving into the area, the FAA's website said. There's a 40% chance of rain for the evening according to forecasters from the National Weather Service. Showers are expected over the area between 11 p.m. into 2 a.m. Dominique Jack is a digital content producer from Brooklyn with more than five years of experience covering news. She joined PIX11 in 2024. More of her work can be found here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Independent
8 hours ago
- Business
- The Independent
Why do some airlines often seem to be running late?
Q Are easyJet always late? I am recently back from a trip to Split in Croatia. I had an early-morning flight from Luton, returning to Gatwick in the late afternoon. Both were over an hour late. Is there a systemic problem with easyJet, or is there other stuff going on? Robin S A All the budget airlines are sharply focused on keeping to time. Their business model depends on using cabin crew and planes as intensively as possible – especially in summer, when demand is strongest. I shall take each of your journeys in turn. Luton airport has never been busier. The home team, easyJet, is up against Ryanair, Wizz Air and, from this summer, Jet2. The first wave of flights begins soon after 5am, with the Split flight typically at 6.20am. Yet Luton does not have the same sclerotic pace first thing in the morning as Gatwick – partly because there is less incoming traffic, and also because there is not the same critical mass of aircraft trying to get on their way as the Sussex airport sees. On a 6.35am Ryanair flight from Luton to Vilnius recently, the plane arrived 25 minutes early in the Lithuanian capital. I bet the delay stemmed from flow restrictions in airspace over Europe: the rate at which aircraft are cleared to fly through the complex skies. There are serious problems with staffing at a number of continental 'area control centres' – the operations that look after large swathes of sky. Between Luton and Split, the most direct route passes over France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy, with plenty of scope for congestion. Coming back, it may simply be that delays had built up during the day. Even though airlines try to put in a bit of a firebreak in early afternoon where they can make up for earlier hold-ups, that is not always possible. Looking at Thursday's hardworking flight programme, the same Airbus A320 went from Gatwick to Split twice, with less than an hour between each take-off and landing, picking up delays along the way. On occasions this summer, disruption will intensify as pressure on a rather creaky air-traffic control system intensifies. By the time we get to August, it may be that a delay of just an hour is seen as roughly on schedule. Q We have a young family and are hoping to spend a week or two away in Germany this summer, travelling from Manchester – ideally to the Black Forest, and near a lake. What can you recommend? Katherine S A Germany is by far the most underrated nation in Europe for family holidays, and the Black Forest is an ideal playground. It is also easy to reach from Manchester: easyJet flies five times a week in summer (the 'missing days' are Wednesday and Saturday) to Basel. This is officially the 'EuroAirport' serving Switzerland, France and Germany. FlixBus connects the airport with Freiburg, with buses every hour or two taking just 55 minutes. Freiburg is an excellent place to spend your first couple of days: smaller and calmer than many German cities, with an atmospheric old town dominated by the towering minster. The Vauban quarter, south of the centre, is worth exploring. During the postwar occupation of Germany, this was the site of a French army barracks. But, since 1993, it has transformed into a sustainable community full of good ideas. The Black Forest – a beautiful, relatively low mountain range draped in woodland – extends east and north from Freiburg. Public transport is excellent throughout the Black Forest, and a 40-minute train ride will take you to Titisee. I suggest spending a good few days here, not least because of the Badeparadies Schwarzwald – a charmingly retro water park. You can swim in the lake, or just walk around it, and rent bikes for wider exploration. You could simply retrace your steps to Basel airport, but I recommend you make the most of the opportunity to travel through the forest. Head north to the splendidly situated town of Triberg for mountain walks. Then continue by train to Baden Baden, perhaps the finest spa town in Europe – with good facilities for children, too. From here, you can take the train south to Basel, ideally spending a day in the Swiss city before flying home. Q After the airlines put their prices up following the Eurostar shambles, I wonder when the government will look at rip-off dynamic pricing in the transport sector? Name supplied A Never, I hope. For context, yesterday, air fares between London and Paris soared to over £600 one-way as passengers whose Eurostar trains were cancelled tried to find alternative means to reach the French capital. The 'total chaos' – as Eurostar described it on social media – happened as a result of two tragedies involving people being struck by trains on high-speed lines in France, and the overnight theft of cable near Lille Europe station. Yesterday I watched as the air fares rose and planes sold out for the short hop from London to Paris. I can understand the view that this is the unacceptable face of capitalism: exploiting misfortune to make extreme profits. Yet the airlines found themselves the custodians of what had suddenly become an extremely scarce resource: transport between the UK and French capitals. They could have kept the price down to the normal £300 or so for a last-minute ticket (which is also roughly the usual Eurostar Premier fare). Were they to have done so, those tickets would have been snapped up immediately for less than the market would bear. I contend that there needs to be a mechanism for ensuring that people who are desperate to travel are able to do so. Those precious assets are allocated by price. As I have mentioned before, I was on the wrong end of a Qatar Airways cancellation from Kathmandu last November. I needed to be back in the UK for family and professional reasons. With so many seats taken out of the market, it was almost impossible to fly from the Nepali capital. The only international flight with any seats available was with a budget airline to Bangkok. It cost over £700 for a three-hour hop – in the wrong direction. But I also knew that British Airways had plenty of seats from Bangkok back to Gatwick for £500. Luckily, I had a credit card that took the strain and I made it back in time. Money well spent – which I imagine is the view of those high-spending passengers on the last flight to Paris yesterday evening. Q My daughter is stuck in Doha on her way home from Bangkok. She doesn't seem to have the same rights over there, and I was wondering what Qatar Airways' obligations are? Stuart White A The inconsistency of UK (and EU) air passengers' rights legislation is glaringly apparent after the closure of Doha's airspace overnight on Monday, which wrecked the plans of tens of thousands of passengers. Those consumer protections work only for flights beginning in Europe, or on airlines based in the UK or EU. Not yet left Britain? Passengers booked from UK airports on Qatar Airways flights via Doha to Asia, Australasia or Africa must be flown to their destination as soon as possible by any carrier that has seats available. That would mean, for example, transferring passengers booked from London to Perth via Doha to the Qantas nonstop. They must also be provided with a hotel and meals until they can be flown out. Similar benefits apply to passengers who were stranded in Doha mid-journey from the UK. Someone flying from Edinburgh or Manchester who reached Doha before airspace closed can expect a hotel, meals, and an outbound flight on any airline, pronto. But passengers in your daughter's position have no such rights. She is flying home from a non-European location, Bangkok via Doha, on a non-European airline, Qatar Airways. Unless national or regional rules specify otherwise, the airline can do what it likes. The situation is made more complicated by a shortage of seats. Widespread cancellations are reverberating through the airline's schedules, as well as on Qatar Airways' partner, British Airways. When normality is restored, passengers booked on cancelled flights go to the back of the queue, scrabbling for seats with thousands of others. Last November, Qatar Airways cancelled my flight from Kathmandu via Doha to London and offered an alternative a week later, with no hotel accommodation. On that occasion, I took a refund and spent a further £1,300 on a flight home – ironically via Bangkok. Your daughter may wish to do something similar. Travel insurance may help with some out-of-pocket expenses and a modest payment for long delays, but it is no substitute for proper passengers' rights. I hope your daughter makes it home soon without too much additional stress and expense.
Bloomberg
17 hours ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
American Air Working to Fix Issue Causing Broad Flight Delays
American Airlines Group Inc. said it was working with its partners to resolve a 'technology' issue that was causing flight delays on Friday. The problem, which American didn't detail, was causing connectivity issues among some of its systems, the carrier said in an emailed statement. The issue had not caused any flight cancellations, according to the statement.
CNA
17 hours ago
- Business
- CNA
American Airlines says technology issue affecting some systems
American Airlines said on Friday a technology issue was affecting connectivity for some systems, causing flight delays. The Texas-based airline said while it was working with its partners to fully resolve the problem, it had not canceled any flights at this time.
Irish Times
a day ago
- Irish Times
Holiday flight delays, cancellations, denials or downgrades: know your rights
Heading on holiday this summer? If you've booked a flight, you might be feeling some airport anxiety. Fear of flying is one thing, but fear of not flying can also loom large. Once upon a time, it was only striking air traffic controllers or baggage handlers who could nix your holiday plans. More recently, climate events such as floods, wildfires and extreme turbulence, anti-tourism protests and technical glitches are adding to the mix. [ Why is Spain introducing tighter regulations for tourists? Opens in new window ] Wildfires in Greece, flash floods in Valencia, an electrical substation fire at Heathrow and a mass power outage in Spain and Portugal have all stopped flights in the past 12 months. But if your plane is delayed or doesn't fly, what are your rights , and can you get a refund or compensation? A whopping €1,197,230 in compensation was paid to passengers on the back of 1,726 complaints about airlines upheld by the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) last year. Passengers were also paid more than €360,000 in refunds as a result of complaints to the body. READ MORE If your flight is cancelled, or delayed by more than two hours, or you are denied boarding or are downgraded, you may have grounds for complaint. The majority of successful complaints last year related to cancellations and delays. Aer Lingus accounted for 33 per cent of all complaints received by the IAA in the 12 months and Ryanair for 31 per cent. The IAA received 23 complaints from people with reduced mobility. Flight delays A delayed or cancelled flight is a total pain. When you're grounded and waiting to fly, for hours or even days, food, accommodation and transport costs can quickly rack up. If your flight is delayed, your entitlement to help from the airline is linked to the distance to your destination and the length of the delay. For short-haul flights – less than 1,500km – where the delay is under two hours, you'll generally just have to suck it up. So, if your Dublin to London, Brussels, Milan or Paris flight is delayed for two hours or less, your best remedy is a good book. For destinations in Europe of more than 1,500km, and all other flights up to 3,500km, the delay must be greater than three hours before the law demands 'care and assistance' from your airline. Think flights from Ireland to Malta or Rome. 'Care and assistance' means food and refreshments, hotel accommodation and transport to and from there if an overnight stay becomes necessary. You're entitled to two telephone calls or emails too. If the airline doesn't provide you with anything and you need to make your own arrangements, keep receipts to claim the money back from them, says the IAA. For long-haul destinations more than 3,500km away, such as North America or Cape Town, the delay must be greater than four hours before a legal entitlement to assistance kicks in You're not expected to know how far away your destination is by the way. The Great Circle website calculator is the recommended way to work it out. A delay of five hours or more to any destination is pretty scuppering. If you decide not to travel, you are entitled to a full refund, says the IAA. Compensation If your plane flies but you get to your destination three hours late, you are entitled to compensation. The amount you can claim depends on whether the flight is short, medium or long haul and compensation is paid at €250, €400 to €600 per person accordingly. Compensation for long-haul flights may be halved if you arrive less than four hours late. If your flight is delayed by 'extraordinary circumstances' you can't claim compensation. 'Extraordinary circumstances' include air traffic control decisions, political instability, bad weather or security risks. For the majority of failed passenger complaints to IAA last year, the airline proved there had been extraordinary circumstances Your airline has to prove their delay was specifically linked to the extraordinary circumstance. Aircraft technical issues, wonky stairs or striking staff are not extraordinary circumstances. Where there are extraordinary circumstances, no compensation is due beyond care, assistance and rerouting. If you can't get to the airport due to 'extraordinary circumstances', the airline does not have any obligations to you if they are not the cause of the disruption. Flight cancellations Flights get cancelled and, if yours is one of them, the airline must offer you a choice of rerouting as soon as possible; rerouting at a later date at your convenience; or a refund. If you choose to be rerouted as soon as possible, the airline must provide you with meals and refreshments corresponding to the waiting time, and hotel accommodation if an overnight stay is required. If you get more than two weeks' notice of the cancellation, you're not entitled to compensation from the airline. If you got between seven days and two weeks' notice and you opted for rerouting that departed no more than two hours before your original departure time and arrived no more than four hours after the original arrival time, you are not entitled to compensation either. However, if your rerouting was outside of those time frames, you are entitled to compensation unless the airline can prove the cancellation was caused by extraordinary circumstances. If you got less than seven days notice of the cancellation and your rerouting departed no more than one hour before the original departure time and arrived no more than two hours after the original arrival time, you are not entitled to airline compensation. But again, if your rerouting was outside of those time frames, you are entitled to compensation unless the air carrier can prove the cancellation was caused by extraordinary circumstances. Denied boarding If you've confirmed your flight, you've got your passport, you're in good time and pose no health or security risk, you could still be 'involuntarily' denied boarding. This can happen if the flight is overbooked, for example. If this happens, the airline must offer you a choice of rerouting as soon as possible, rerouting at a later date at your convenience or a full refund. If you choose rerouting, they must offer you care and assistance while waiting for your alternative flight. Passengers involuntarily denied boarding must also be compensated. The amount depends on the journey distance and the time frame within which you were rerouted. How to complain If you have an issue, raise it with the airline first, says the IAA, which provides useful complaint templates on its website for doing so. If you have no joy, contact the relevant enforcement body in the EU member state where the flight was due to depart. The IAA website provides all their contact details. So, if your Dublin-Malaga flight was disrupted, you would contact the IAA. They are the enforcement body for flights out of Irish airports, or a flight into an airport here from a country outside the EU but which is operated by an EU-licensed carrier. If it was the return Malaga-Dublin flight that was disrupted, you would contact the Spanish enforcement body. Likewise, if your Aer Lingus flight from New York to Dublin is delayed, contact the IAA, but if the flight was with American Airlines, contact the US department of transportation as American Airlines is not licensed in Europe. 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