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Joby Aviation Aims for Commercial Flights with Deal for Blade Air’s Passenger Unit – The Wall Street Journal

Joby Aviation Aims for Commercial Flights with Deal for Blade Air’s Passenger Unit  The Wall Street Journal Blade, Joby stocks rally after companies strike $125 million deal on helicopter ridesharing business  Yahoo Finance Joby To Acquire Blade’s Passenger Business, Accelerating Air Taxi Commercialization  Joby Aviation Joby and Blade Stock Jump on Acquisition News  Barron’s Joby Will Buy Blade’s Helicopter Taxi Business for $125 Million  The …

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Flights resuming after air traffic control issue, but dozens have been cancelled

Flights resuming after air traffic control issue, but dozens have been cancelled

Some knock-on disruption at Belfast Citypublished at 17:59 British Summer Time 17:59 BST Michael McBrideBBC News NI Passengers travelling from Belfast this evening have been advised they may face some disruption. However, the impact appears to be affecting those travelling from George Best Belfast City Airport more than those flying through Belfast International. A spokesperson for Belfast City Airport confirmed …

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Ted Cruz looks to force changes to military flights near airports, after deadly airline crash – Politico

Ted Cruz looks to force changes to military flights near airports, after deadly airline crash  Politico NTSB launches 3-day investigative hearing on deadly DC plane crash  Fox News The NTSB is set to hold a hearing on the DCA midair collision. Here’s what to know  NPR ‘It’s going to be a gut punch’: Families of Flight 5342 brace for days-long NTSB investigative hearing  WAVY.com …

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Thousands of flights were delayed at Newark Airport. Investigators want to know if moving this FAA facility caused it

Thousands of flights were delayed at Newark Airport. Investigators want to know if moving this FAA facility caused it

Facebook Tweet Email Link Washington  —  The Department of Transportation’s inspector general has opened an audit into the relocation of the Federal Aviation Administration’s air traffic control facility responsible for flights approaching or departing Newark Liberty International Airport. The relocation, which stirred much controversy among controllers and their union, occurred last July when controllers monitoring flights landing at or departing …

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Desantis says deportation flights from Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center have begun

Desantis says deportation flights from Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center have begun

OCHOPEE, Fla. (AP) — Deportation flights from the remote Everglades immigration lockup known as “Alligator Alcatraz” began in the past few days, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday. The flights operated by the Department of Homeland Security have transferred about 100 detainees from the immigration detention center to other countries, said DeSantis, who expects that number to increase soon. “I …

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First Deportation Flights Depart From Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ – The New York Times

First Deportation Flights Depart From Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’  The New York Times DHS has begun flying migrants out of Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ DeSantis announces  Fox News Florida Gov. DeSantis speaks at Alligator Alcatraz, Friday morning  Fox4Now.com 100 people ‘fully deported’ from ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: DeSantis  NewsNation Deportation flights from ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ have begun  CNN Source link

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Alaska Airlines resumes operations after tech outage grounds all flights

Alaska Airlines resumes operations after tech outage grounds all flights

Alaska Airlines has resumed operations following an undisclosed technical error affecting its entire system for approximately three hours, the company announced. The carrier experienced an “IT outage that resulted in a temporary, system-wide ground stop for Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air flights” around 8 p.m. Pacific time Sunday. The stop was lifted at 11 p.m., the Seattle-based company said in …

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Trump imposes limits on Mexican flights, threatens Delta alliance in trade dispute

Trump imposes limits on Mexican flights, threatens Delta alliance in trade dispute

The Trump administration imposed new restrictions Saturday on flights from Mexico and threatened to end a longstanding partnership between Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico in response to limits the Mexican government placed on passenger and cargo flights into Mexico City several years ago. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Mexico’s actions to force airlines to move out of the main Benito …

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