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US airports want a $10 billion government bailout as coronavirus cripples air...
US Airports have been decimated by waning air travel as the coronavirus continues to spread.Airlines have drastically cut flights and governments have closed borders to help contain the virus. Earlier...
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From deserted terminals to empty planes, this is what it's like to fly in the...
I took a domestic flight last Thursday before the coronavirus began to spread more rapidly in the US. Flying out of John F. Kennedy International Airport's busiest terminal, Terminal 4, was an eerie...
View ArticleHere's what it's like to travel during the coronavirus outbreak
As the COVID-19 virus spreads worldwide, more precautions are being taken by governments to keep people safe as they travel.Business Insider's senior retail correspondent Kate Taylor has been traveling...
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Chicago's Midway Airport closed its control tower after 3 technicians tested...
Chicago's Midway International Airport closed its air traffic control tower after three air traffic control technicians tested positive for the novel coronavirus.The FAA said the control tower is...
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This one chart shows how the coronavirus outbreak is emptying US airports....
Travel demand has virtually collapsed as the coronavirus continues to spread, with airlines forced to cancel flights, ground planes, and suspend routes.As social distancing becomes the norm for the...
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Data reveals how visits to major US airports have cratered as coronavirus...
Data shows how foot traffic at several major international airports around the US has dropped since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, according to Placer.ai, a location analytics company, New...
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All flights bound for NYC-area and Philadelphia airports were briefly...
Flights arriving into airports in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania were briefly suspended Saturday afternoon.An employee at an air traffic control tower in Long Island, New York tested positive...
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US airport and airline contractors are being laid off nationwide and risk...
Airlines are struggling to avoid laying off employees during the coronavirus crisis. However, thousands of airline and airport contract workers have already been laid off in the past week, with more...
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Delta, American, and other airlines are parking planes on closed runways at...
The world's airports are being converted into storage facilities for aircraft as airlines drastically reduce their operations.Frankfurt Airport, Copenhagen's Kastrup Airport, and Hartsfield-Jackson...
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Haunting photos of empty airports and planes at the height of the COVID-19...
The newly passed CARES Act requires airlines to maintain certain levels of pre-March 2020 air service even as passenger demand dwindles.Despite the raging pandemic and stay at home orders, air travel...
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TSA employees have contracted COVID-19 at 58 airports in the US despite few...
Transportation Security Administration employees are continuing to contract the COVID-19 virus despite record low traffic numbers at the nation's airports. New York metropolitan area airports have been...
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Airline contractors are included in the Senate bailout, but workers who have...
The Senate coronavirus aid package would offer $3 billion in payroll grants to airline contractors, allowing them to continue paying workers.As part of the bill, companies receiving aid — including...
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Air travel is not good for the environment.Business Insider spoke with four aerospace firms betting on electric planes as a solution.They all have their own version of electric aircraft, from...
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Airbus is developing bomb-detecting 'electronic noses' that may one day sniff...
Airbus is partnering with Silicon Valley biotech firm Koniku to introduce bomb-sniffing sensors to airports and aircraft that may be able to detect viruses such as COVID-19 one day, the Financial Times...
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Airports are being repurposed as drive-in movie theaters, morgues, and a...
The past few weeks have seen airports around the world being repurposed as their primary uses have been interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. While they can't service the same number of their normal...
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Here's how the airport experience will likely change post-pandemic, according...
Airports are using their downtime inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic to envision their role in the future. Jorge Roberts, CEO of AvPORTS, told Business Insider that he believes the role of airports...
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TSA just announced 5 changes to airport security to combat coronavirus, but...
The TSA announced several changes to the airport screening process, part of its effort to combat the coronavirus pandemic.However, the agency did not announce passenger temperature screenings,...
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Those little airport spa shops have a new service on their menus: COVID-19...
Airport mini-spa company XpresSpa will launch a pilot program offering COVID-19 testing at JFK Airport in New York.The company said it's working with other airports to convert spa locations into...
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LaGuardia Airport just took the wraps off its newest terminal building...
New York's LaGuardia Airport, referred to as a "third-world country" by former Vice President Joe Biden, has reached another milestone in its redevelopment with the opening of a new Arrivals and...
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I visited the newly opened LaGuardia terminal and saw how it has turned the...
LaGuardia Airport's Arrivals and Departures Hall is opening to the public on Saturday after four years of construction.The 850,000-square-foot facility is nothing like its predecessor with improvements...
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