#flight-delays

#flight-delays

During a trip from Oakland to San Diego, a team of workers with the rental company Elite Event Robotics was traveling with Bebop, a 77-pound robot that appears to be a Unitree G1. When they arrived at the airport, Southwest told them they couldn't check the robot as luggage due to weight restrictions, prompting them to buy the bot its own seat on the plane.

Rules that Buttigieg had been working to implement would have required airlines to pay each passenger several hundred dollars and up to $775, depending on the length of the delays. Presumably, these payouts would have motivated airlines to prevent delays by, perhaps, making sure pilots were booked in advance of all flights.

Extreme winds ripping across the US could bring hurricane levels of destruction and impact thousands of air travelers flying across the country. The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued high wind warnings throughout more than 10 states in the Rocky Mountains, Great Plains, and Southwest throughout Tuesday. Wind gusts are expected to reach hurricane strength in parts of Colorado, Montana, Texas, New Mexico, and Wyoming, exceeding 75mph.

A Eurowings spokesperson told Business Insider that its owner, the Lufthansa Group, decided not to fly over Iranian or Iraqi airspace as a precautionary measure. They added that the refueling stop was "due to a longer flight distance and stronger headwinds on the alternative route at the time." "In the event of such refueling, we inform our passengers accordingly before departure in Dubai," they said.

A flight is considered on time if it lands within 15 minutes of its scheduled gate arrival time.

Air travel has never been more accessible, yet the experience of moving through airports often feels more strained than it used to. Passenger numbers continue to climb, terminals are busier than ever, and delays have become a familiar part of modern travel. At the same time, expectations around efficiency and ease have only sharpened, making friction harder to ignore. This tension raises a simple question: Where does stress in air travel actually come from?

San Francisco was under a flash flood warning until 6 am Thursday, and parts of the Peninsula and East Bay remain under flash flood warnings. The National Weather Service says it has received reports of flooded roadways, down trees, and power lines. [NWSBayArea/X] Multiple major roadways around the Bay Area were closed due to flooding, including westbound Highway 24 in Orinda. Southbound Highway 87 was also closed due to flooding in San Jose. [KRON4]

Flights to and from Edinburgh Airport are continuing to be beset by delays, after an undisclosed IT issue grounded passengers for around an hour on the morning of Friday 5 December 2025. The airport issued a statement via its social media channels at around 9.30am, confirming that no flights were currently arriving or departing from the site due an "IT issue" affecting its air traffic control provider.

Researchers at Duelbits ranked the 50 most populous U.S. cities across eight factors tied to holiday travel, including traffic time, rush hour delays, accident rates, flight performance, tire trouble, road quality and the chance of snow. New York scored 8.9 out of 10, putting the town firmly in first place. Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and Miami round out the unfortunate top five, but New York comes out on top by a full half point.

Up to 10 cm of snow is expected throughout the GTA on Sunday. It's the earliest occurrence of over 5 cm of snow since 1969, the Weather Network posted on social media. But the dump of snow has been causing issues on the roads. Ontario Provincial Police responded to over 140 collisions throughout the day, they said on X, formerly known as Twitter. Sgt. Kerry Schmidt with the Ontario Provincial Police Highway Safety Division said Sunday is just the beginning of driving in winter weather.

All flights into and out of Ronald Reagan National Airport, one of the nation's busiest airports, were halted for a time on Tuesday due to a reported bomb threat, federal authorities announced. The threat was directed towards a United Airlines flight traveling from Houston, Texas, to the Washington, D.C. area airport, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on X.

Flight delays continued at U.S. airports Sunday amid air traffic controller shortages as the government shutdown entered its second month, with Newark airport in New Jersey experiencing delays of two to three hours.New York City's Emergency Management office said on X that Newark delays often ripple out to the region's other airports.Travelers flying to, from or through New York "should expect schedule changes, gate holds, and missed connections. Anyone flying today should check flight status before heading to the airport and expect longer waits," the social media post added.

T he Toronto Blue Jays are Canada's team. No doubt about it they have captured the attention of an entire nation with their inspired run to the 2025 World Series. It's a run that has enthralled so many people around the city of Toronto and beyond that it has forced people to find ways to help the team gain any advantage over the LA Dodgers. even if they don't actually work for the team. - Or, at least, that's what Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts would like people to believe.