We will see. NASA has tried to terminate SOFIA for many years, by not requesting a budget for it. Every year Congress did provide a budget anyway. I don't know the status this year.
We will see. NASA has tried to terminate SOFIA for many years, by not requesting a budget for it. Every year Congress did provide a budget anyway. I don't know the status this year.
Heathrow has asked airlines to cancel 10% of their flights today as the airport faces a baggage backlog.
It comes after hundreds of passengers were left waiting for over three hours during the weekend to retrieve their luggage with no explanation from staff.
It is only a request at this stage so it is up to carriers to decide whether they will comply.
Airlines that have cancelled flights today include Virgin Atlantic, Flybe, Air France, Air Canada, TAP Portugal, Loganair, British Airways, Delta Air Lines, Brussels Airlines, Scandinavian Airlines, Aer Lingus, ITA Airlines, Eurowings, Lufthansa, KLM and Bulgaria Air.
A Heathrow spokesperson said: "We apologise unreservedly for the disruption passengers have faced over the course of this weekend.
"The technical issues affecting baggage systems have led to us making the decision to request airlines operating in Terminals 2 and 3 to consolidate their schedules on Monday 20th June.
"This will enable us to minimise ongoing impact and we ask that all passengers check with their airlines for the latest information."
Heathrow asks airlines to cancel 10% of flights today as airport faces baggage backlog | Business News | Sky News
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NASA defends decision to shut down SOFIA
This was not the first time NASA proposed terminating SOFIA. The agency’s budget proposals in fiscal years 2021 and 2022 also recommended shutting down SOFIA for a similar rationale, as did the agency’s fiscal year 2015 budget request. All three times Congress restored funding for SOFIA.
“What’s different this year is that the decadal survey has recommended ending the SOFIA science mission at the current mission extension” at the end of September, said Paul Hertz, director of NASA’s astrophysics advisory committee, during a NASA astrophysics town hall meeting May 3 that featured several questions about the planned SOFIA cancellation. Congress, he added, also endorsed all of the recommendations of the decadal survey, which included ending SOFIA, in the report accompanying the fiscal year 2022 omnibus spending bill.
NASA defends decision to shut down SOFIA - SpaceNews
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect,"
THAI Airways Forecasts Early Financial Rehab Exit
BANGKOK (NNT) - Thai Airways International (THAI) says it may be able to exit financial rehabilitation and resume stock trading sooner than initially predicted.
According to THAI’s chief of finance and accounting, Chai Eamsiri, the airline’s expenditure cuts and measures to streamline operations and financial performance will enable revenue growth. With these developments, the airline may be able to resolve its trading suspension issue with the Thai Stock Exchange (SET) before the 2025 deadline.
Following the relaxation of travel restrictions, the airline’s operational losses fell to 3.1 billion baht in the first quarter of this year, down from 6.9 billion baht for the same period last year.
Chai added that THAI is working on mobilizing a new fund as part of the restructuring program currently underway. The company will also sell assets worth about 2 billion baht in order to shift its focus to online ticket sales.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has meanwhile revised the airline industry’s 2022 financial performance. Industry losses are expected to fall to 9.7 billion dollars from an initial forecast of 11.6 billion. In its revision, the association cited increased travel demand - a trend it sees continuing as more countries move to relax curbs.
THAI Airways Forecasts Early Financial Rehab Exit
Story, I read yesterday said there were 130, 140 people on board.
Three people have been transported to a local hospital Tuesday afternoon after a plane's landing gear caught on fire while arriving at Miami International Airport.
The plane, Red Air SRL 203, arrived at MIA from the Dominican Republic at around 5:30 p.m.
There were 126 passengers on board. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said they were all accounted for, and only three had to be hospitalized.
The three hospitalized reportedly suffered minor injuries.
CBS4's cameras showed damage to the right wing of the aircraft. White foam was used by firefighters to put out the fire.
Part of the plane could be seen on the grass to the side of the runway.
Passengers were being deplaned and boarded buses that transported them to the main terminal.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Airlines Strike in Europe, UK Just as Thailand Fully Reopens
A wave of airlines have gone on strike in Europe and the UK disrupting people’s travel plans just as Thailand fully reopens without restrictions.
Thousands of flights with airlines have been canceled due to staffing shortages at Ryanair, EasyJet Plc, British Airways, and Aeroports de Paris (ADP). In the United Kingdom, rail strikes have exacerbated the transport chaos.
In spite of Europeans’ rebounding demand for travel, labor tensions and airport logistics limits are impeding the aviation industry’s long-awaited post-pandemic revival.
There have been chaotic scenes at airports in Amsterdam, London, Frankfurt, and Paris, with lines of people waiting for hours only to find out that their flights have been canceled.
Further mayhem looms as unscrupulous unions seek to capitalize on carriers’ desperate attempts to cash in on the summer bookings surge. Above all to end losses and repair balance sheets after the pandemic plunged airlines into almost bankruptcy.
Unions are pressing demands for pay increases to keep up with inflation, better working conditions, and benefits.
Workers of Airlines demanding more pay
On Friday, Ryanair cabin crew members in Spain, Portugal, and Belgium began a three-day strike, which will be joined by colleagues in France on Saturday and Italy on Sunday.
According to Ryanair, fewer than 2% of its flights were disrupted by Friday’s strikes, although about 40% of its Belgian services were affected.
In Spain, EasyJet workers will walk out for nine days in staggered shifts starting on July 1, while its Spanish workers are set to take more strike action next Friday.
British Airways employees at London Heathrow airport will also take part in industrial action soon. As part of its effort to avert a second strike on July 1, ADP has been in talks with unions at Paris’s Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports.
A quarter of all flights at CDG were canceled and two runways were closed as a result of the one on June 9.
An ongoing rail strike in the UK has exacerbated the transport crisis, making access to and from airports more difficult.
Rail Strike and flight cancellations
The dispute was also triggered by wage claims, though unlike in the aviation sector, workers are seeking guarantees that there will be no compulsory redundancies in an industry that appears to have been fundamentally affected by the Covid upheaval.
According to the Transport Salaried Staffs Association, Britain faces a “long-running summer of discontent” across the rail network.
In the meantime, Deutsche Lufthansa AG announced on Friday that 3,100 flights will be canceled in July and August. Flight caps have been announced at London Gatwick and Amsterdam Schiphol, two of the region’s biggest hubs.
In Belgium, Brussels Airlines said about 315 flights will be canceled with pilots and cabin staff on strike. Travelers are bearing the brunt of the chaos. For many, dream vacations are starting off badly or long-planned professional trips are having to be rerouted.
At Madrid’s Barajas Airport on Friday, Loreto, who didn’t want to give her surname, waited in line for her KLM flight to Thailand, where she was traveling with two friends.
As she zipped her suitcase tightly, she said, “There is no information. I thought they’d send us a list of canceled flights, but we haven’t seen it anywhere.”
Fuel prices drive up ticket prices
Meanwhile, in the US, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, and Delta Airlines have all reported pilot and cabin crew shortages, causing canceled flights and delays throughout the United States.
Airline tickets have also seen a 40 percent increase as fuel prices surge in the US due to President Biden’s failed energy policies.
American Airlines plans to drop service to four U.S. cities, while United Airlines and Delta Air Lines have each scaled back service between some smaller cities and their hubs, citing a lack of pilots and cabin crew.
During the pandemic, American Airlines, United Airlines, and Delta Airlines shed aviators only to be caught flat-footed when travel demand spiked, they have raised pilot wages to entice pilots to return after mass layoffs.
Airlines Strike In Europe, UK Just As Thailand Fully Reopens
As Thailand has opened up, puffy's pointless war has obviously inflated fuel prices and the airlines are also no doubt trying to take advantage - ticket prices have leapt.
What a shit show.
Flights cancelled from Heathrow due to 'higher passenger numbers than airport can serve' | Travel News | Sky NewsFlights cancelled from Heathrow due to 'higher passenger numbers than airport can serve'
Customers who have been affected should be contacted by their airline. However, some passengers did not find out their flights were cancelled until they arrived at what is the UK's busiest airport.
More flights from Heathrow have been cancelled today due to passenger numbers exceeding the airport's maximum capacity.
A total of 30 flights have been removed from the morning schedule as the travel chaos across UK airports continues.
Most passengers are expected to be rebooked on to other flights outside of peak times, making it still possible for them to fly out today.
A Heathrow spokesperson said: "We are expecting higher passenger numbers in today's morning peak than the airport currently has capacity to serve, and so to keep everyone safe we have asked airlines to remove 30 flights from the morning peak for today only.
"We apologise for the impact this has on travel plans.
"We are working hard to ensure everyone has a smooth journey through Heathrow this summer, and the most important thing is to make sure that all service providers at the airport have enough resources to meet demand."
A "small number" of British Airways flights are among those affected, with the airline saying it is in contact with affected customers.
More flights from Heathrow have been cancelled today due to passenger numbers exceeding the airport's maximum capacity.
A total of 30 flights have been removed from the morning schedule as the travel chaos across UK airports continues.
Most passengers are expected to be rebooked on to other flights outside of peak times, making it still possible for them to fly out today.
A Heathrow spokesperson said: "We are expecting higher passenger numbers in today's morning peak than the airport currently has capacity to serve, and so to keep everyone safe we have asked airlines to remove 30 flights from the morning peak for today only.
"We apologise for the impact this has on travel plans.
"We are working hard to ensure everyone has a smooth journey through Heathrow this summer, and the most important thing is to make sure that all service providers at the airport have enough resources to meet demand."
A "small number" of British Airways flights are among those affected, with the airline saying it is in contact with affected customers.
OK It's not really airline news but I figure you're all aircraft buffs so:
Pilot landed his plane on a road after the engine started failing.
There must have been a few brown trouser moments. Amazingly he's only had his PPL since October.
Good job.
A Russian airline will start flying to Laos via Vladivostok, with Laos acting as a hub for Russian travelers to Southeast Asia. The Lao authorities reportedly gave assurances that Russian Airbus 330 planes will not be impounded.
Российская авиакомпания запустит чартерные рейсы из Владивостока в Лаос и оттуда — в Таиланд – Новости Владивостока на VL.ru
London's Heathrow Airport is capping daily passenger numbers for the summer and telling airlines to stop selling tickets as it steps up efforts to quell travel chaos caused by soaring travel demand and staff shortages.
Britain's busiest airport said Tuesday that it's setting a limit of 100,000 passengers that it can handle each day through September 11. The restriction is likely to result in more canceled flights even after airlines already slashed thousands of flights from their summer schedules.
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London's Heathrow Airport caps daily passenger numbers to quell summer travel chaos - CBS News
The 10 Worst Airports in Europe for Delays Right Now
London Heathrow may be in the news, but it’s far from the worst offender.
Passengers faced long delays at Charles de Gaulle in Paris on July 2 due to a strike by airport workers.Photographer: Bloomberg/Bloomberg
By Nikki Ekstein
July 13, 2022 at 3:08 AM GMT+7
At London Heathrow, the chaos has gotten so intense—between the interminable security queues, rampant flight delays and cancellations, and too few luggage handlers to match travelers with their bags—that the airport has taken the drastic move of limiting airline ticket sales until it can get its act together.
It may be the most prominent example of airport dysfunction in this summer of travel hell, but it’s hardly the worst. According to newly released data from Hopper Inc, the Goldman-backed online travel agency whose roots are in aviation and big data, Heathrow doesn’t even rank among Europe’s worst 10 airports for delays this month. It falls 15th on that list, with an average of 51% of its flights being delayed since the beginning of July.
Uncollected luggage piling up at Heathrow on July 8.
Photographer: PAUL ELLIS/AFP
The site’s data is collected via Official Aviation Guide, a leading provider of digital flight information and analytics for airports, airlines, and travel tech companies, for the purpose of keeping customers informed about disruptions on their booked routes. The figures, which reflect a three-day lag, are more current than any public data source.
Here are the 10 airports that currently rank worst for delays according to Hopper—along with the 10 airports that are actually pulling off a relatively smooth summer of on-time performance.
And while it’s true that the worst offenders all underperform compared to Heathrow, a Hopper spokesperson offers the following context: “On a volume basis, London Heathrow is much larger than most airports, and our ranking is based on percentage of delays not number of people impacted.”
Similarly, the figures are averages for the first nine days of July; on its worst travel days, Heathrow’s delays hit 62% of flights, which would have landed it right on the bottom 10 list, and with exponentially thousands more travelers impacted.
In other words, don’t take the data in absolute terms—but do be warned that delays likely lie ahead. If your travel plans are flexible, it might be worth looking into a rebook to minimize the risk.
Worst 10 Airports in Europe for Delayed Flights (July 2022)
Travelers queue at a customer service desk at Brussels International Airport, currently Europe’s worst airport for delays.
Photographer: Valeria Mongelli/Bloomberg
Brussels Airport (BRU)
Brussels, Belgium
72% delayed, 2.5% canceled
Frankfurt International Airport (FRA)
Frankfurt, Germany
68% delayed, 7.8% canceled
Eindhoven Airport (EIN)
Eindhoven, Netherlands
67% delayed, 1.8% canceled
Luton Airport (LTN)
London, United Kingdom
66% delayed, 2.7% canceled
Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)
Budapest, Hungary
65% delayed, 2.1% canceled
Charles de Gaulle ranks 7th worst in terms of airport delays.
Photographer: Benjamin Girette/Bloomberg
Lisbon Airport (LIS)
Lisbon, Portugal
65% delayed, 4.8% canceled
Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)
Paris, France
62% delayed, 3.1% canceled
Schiphol Airport (AMS)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
61% delayed, 5.2% canceled
Cote D'Azur Airport (NCE)
Nice, France
60% delayed, 3.4% canceled
Gatwick Airport (LGW)
London, United Kingdom
59% delayed, 1.4% canceled
Best 10 Airports in Europe for On-Time Departures (July 2022)
Dublin International Airport has the 4th best on-time stats in Europe.
Photographer: Damien Storan - PA Images/PA Images
Bergamo/Orio al Serio Airport (BGY)
Bergamo, Italy
3% delayed, 1.0% canceled
Gran Canaria Airport (LPA)
Gran Canaria, Spain
8% delayed, 0.3% canceled
Otopeni International Airport (OTP)
Bucharest, Romania
10% delayed, 1.7% canceled
Dublin International Airport (DUB)
Dublin, Ireland
15% delayed, 1.6% canceled
Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)
Catania, Italy
16% delayed, 1.1% canceled
Madrid’s airport ranks 6th best on Hopper’s list.
Photographer: Europa Press News/Europa Press
Adolfo Suarez-Barajas Airport (MAD)
Madrid, Spain
19% delayed, 0.4% canceled
Alicante Airport (ALC)
Province of Alicante, Spain
20% delayed, 3.4% canceled
Marseille Airport (MRS)
Marseille, France
20% delayed, 2.0% canceled
Orly Field (ORY)
Paris, France
21% delayed, 1.2% canceled
Malaga Airport (AGP)
Malaga, Spain
24% delayed, 3.3% canceled
Majestically enthroned amid the vulgar herd
The airline industry cant function anymore. It is all due to the monetary inflation since covid 19. Everyone has money. There is artificially too much demand and not enough supply. There is shortages of pilots, cabin crew, airframes and engines. Basically everything. That is not a coincidence. You cant print pilots, or aircraft. But you can print money
^ Well, if skiddy says so then you know it's a load of bollox.
If it was a shortage of planes and crews then there wouldn't be this mess you idiot. The problem is a shortage of ground staff at the airports because they were laid off during covid.
I'm not sure if the passenger cap at Heathrow is even legal, it's certainly controversial, and CAA is getting involved. It's going to cost a lot on compensation claims.
That was my recent experience at Gatwick. One hour to get the bags off the plane on arrival. Going out, the checkin queue was one hour then security was chaos, another hour. After we had boarded the plane, 20 minutes after scheduled departure time, it was another hour and a half before they started loading the bags. We left about 2 hours late.
indeed.
Troy has it
In the UK its compounded by the time it takes to run security checks on newly recruited staff, this takes time anyway but its further exacerbated by the vetting agency staff suffering massive demand and backlogs.
The airports are pressuring the Govt to relax vetting checks to speed up the process but the Govt has rightly told them to piss off, its not putting safety at risk.
Sorry, hands up who *doesn't* know skidmark is a gormless c u n t?
Meanwhile, a selection of articles published in the colonies.
June articles but I suspect the airlie staff are still being blamed.
Marketplace - Business News & Economic Stories For Everyone. › Latest Stories
Jun 22, 2565 BE — But airlines and airports can't keep up. There's a shortage of pilots, crew and all sorts of airport staff. Southwest pilots are picketing ...
Airline staff shortages are threatening to ruin your holidays
https://fortune.com › 2022/06/17 › summer-travel-202...
Jun 17, 2565 BE — Airline staff shortages are threatening to ruin your summer holidays—and it could take 12 months before they get better. By. Anurag Kotoky.
Airline staff shortages expected to last into 2023 - Axios
https://www.axios.com › Economy & Business
Jun 19, 2565 BE — Airline staffing shortages, which are already disrupting summer vacation plans, could extend well into 2023, some industry officials say.
U.S. pilot shortage forces airlines to cut flights, scramble for ...
https://www.cnbc.com › 2022/05/15 › us-pilot-shortage...
May 15, 2565 BE — A severe pilot shortage in the U.S. leaves airlines scrambling for solutions · The pandemic exacerbated a pilot shortage by slowing down training ...
Pilot shortage to blame for summer travel headaches
https://www.usatoday.com › airline-news › 2022/06/24
Jun 24, 2565 BE — It's been a tough summer for air passengers in the U.S.. Many days have seen thousands of flight delays and cancellations, and airlines are ...
Why Are Flights Being Cancelled? Experts Say to Blame Lack ...
https://www.businessinsider.com › News
Jun 14, 2565 BE — Airlines globally have cancelled hundreds of flights, citing labor shortages. · Insider spoke to aviation consultants and a union boss to ...
Air travel is a mess. Here's why. - MSU Denver RED
https://red.msudenver.edu › Explore Stories
Jun 29, 2565 BE — Like many industries, airlines are experiencing staff shortages. But unlike other industries that can hire new employees and get them ...
Airline Staff Shortages Threaten to Ruin Millions of Summer .
https://www.bloomberg.com › news › articles › airlines-...
Jun 16, 2565 BE — “We see this predominantly, very clearly in Europe. We see this in North America. We see it in Malaysia,” Izham said at a forum in Singapore
A tray full of GOLD is not worth a moment in time.
Well I didn't say skiddy was the *only* gormless c u n t, did I?
Emirates airline rejects Heathrow demand to cancel flightsEmirates airline rejected an order from Heathrow Airport for it to cancel flights to comply with a cap on passenger numbers.
The west London airport this week introduced a daily 100,000 passenger limit, meaning flights must be rescheduled to other airports or cancelled.
On Tuesday, it appealed to airlines to stop selling summer tickets as it imposed the cap, which will remain until September 11.
Chaotic scenes at terminals have led to long queues, with passengers lining up outside during a heatwave, mountains of luggage not returned to customers and thousands of flights scrapped. On Wednesday, a US Delta plane carrying only luggage flew out of Heathrow after it was forced to improvise to reunite passengers with their possessions.
Some things have changed for the better. 'arry no longer professes to be an IT expert and shows he can make a tit of himself when discussing a diverse range of topics. Please send me lots of greens, Mr Cuda, I need them as red does not suit me.
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