U.S. airline traffic rebounded last year, flying 670.4 million passengers in 2021, with attendance up 83 percent over 2020 levels, according to the Transportation Department on Feb. 14. However, preliminary data showed that airline passenger volume is still below pre-pandemic levels. The report said that U.S. airline companies carried 303.6 million more passengers in 2021,…

A trade group representing major passenger and cargo airlines asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Thursday to halt deployment of new 5G wireless service around many airports, warning thousands of flights could be disrupted. AT&T and Verizon Communications are set on Jan. 5 to deploy C-Band spectrum 5G wireless service that they won in…

WASHINGTON—Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and the head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday asked AT&T and Verizon Communications to delay the planned Jan. 5 introduction of new 5G wireless service over aviation safety concerns. In a letter Friday seen by Reuters, Buttigieg and FAA Administrator Steve Dickson asked AT&T Chief Executive John Stankey…

WASHINGTON—U.S. airlines will take part in a Senate oversight hearing this month on the industry, an aviation trade group said on Friday, with lawmakers expected to quiz executives about how carriers used pandemic-related federal aid, staffing issues, and other matters. The Senate Commerce Committee has invited the chief executives of seven major U.S. airlines to…

BOSTON—U.S. airlines are looking at the upcoming holiday season and the reopening of vital trans-Atlantic routes to recover the momentum lost in the last quarter following a resurgence in COVID-19 cases. After a strong summer travel season, air carriers had to temper their outlook last month for the quarter through September as the fast-spreading Delta…