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US airline CEOs warn of looming ‘catastrophic’ crisis over 5G
by 8DonCo Mon Jan 17, 2022 5:31 pm
US airline CEOs warn of looming ‘catastrophic’ crisis over 5G
Airlines warn 5G services scheduled to launch on Wednesday could make a number of aircraft unusable.
The chief executives of major passenger and cargo carriers in the United States on Monday warned of an impending “catastrophic” aviation crisis on Wednesday when AT&T and Verizon are set to deploy new 5G service.
The airlines warned the new C-Band 5G service could potentially make a significant number of wide-body aircraft unusable and “could potentially strand tens of thousands of Americans overseas.”
“Unless our major hubs are cleared to fly, the vast majority of the traveling and shipping public will essentially be grounded,” wrote the chief executives of American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines and others.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has warned that potential interference could affect sensitive plane instruments such as altimeters and impact on low-visibility operations.
“This means that on a day like yesterday, more than 1,100 flights and 100,000 passengers would be subjected to cancellations, diversions or delays,” it cautioned.
Action is urgent, added the letter also signed by UPS Airlines, Atlas Air, JetBlue Airways and FedEx Express. “To be blunt, the nation’s commerce will grind to a halt.”
The letter, which was seen by Reuters news agency, went to FAA Administrator Steve Dickson, White House National Economic Council Director Brian Deese, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel.
Airlines for America, the group that organized the letter, declined to comment. The government agencies did not immediately comment.
AT&T and Verizon, which won nearly all of the C-Band spectrum in an $80bn auction last year, on January 3 agreed to buffer zones around 50 airports to reduce interference risks and take other steps to cut potential interference for six months. They also agreed to delay deployment for two weeks until Wednesday, temporarily averting an aviation safety standoff.
The CEOs of major airlines and Boeing Chief Executive Dave Calhoun held a lengthy call with Buttigieg and Dickson on Sunday to warn of the looming crisis, officials told Reuters.
The airlines ask “that 5G be implemented everywhere in the country except within the approximate 2 miles (3.2 km) of airport runways” at some key airports, and they say “immediate intervention is needed to avoid significant operational disruption to air passengers, shippers, supply chain and delivery of needed medical supplies”.
The airlines added that flight restrictions will not be limited to poor weather operations: “Multiple modern safety systems on aircraft will be deemed unusable causing a much larger problem than what we knew… Airplane manufacturers have informed us that there are huge swaths of the operating fleet that may need to be indefinitely grounded.”
The carriers added they urge action to ensure “5G is deployed except when towers are too close to airport runways until the FAA can determine how that can be safely accomplished without catastrophic disruption”.
The FAA said on Sunday that it had cleared an estimated 45 percent of the US commercial plane fleet to perform low-visibility landings at many airports where 5G C-Band will be deployed starting on Wednesday. The airlines noted on Monday that the list did not include many large airports.
Airlines warn 5G services scheduled to launch on Wednesday could make a number of aircraft unusable.
The chief executives of major passenger and cargo carriers in the United States on Monday warned of an impending “catastrophic” aviation crisis on Wednesday when AT&T and Verizon are set to deploy new 5G service.
The airlines warned the new C-Band 5G service could potentially make a significant number of wide-body aircraft unusable and “could potentially strand tens of thousands of Americans overseas.”
“Unless our major hubs are cleared to fly, the vast majority of the traveling and shipping public will essentially be grounded,” wrote the chief executives of American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines and others.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has warned that potential interference could affect sensitive plane instruments such as altimeters and impact on low-visibility operations.
“This means that on a day like yesterday, more than 1,100 flights and 100,000 passengers would be subjected to cancellations, diversions or delays,” it cautioned.
Action is urgent, added the letter also signed by UPS Airlines, Atlas Air, JetBlue Airways and FedEx Express. “To be blunt, the nation’s commerce will grind to a halt.”
The letter, which was seen by Reuters news agency, went to FAA Administrator Steve Dickson, White House National Economic Council Director Brian Deese, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel.
Airlines for America, the group that organized the letter, declined to comment. The government agencies did not immediately comment.
AT&T and Verizon, which won nearly all of the C-Band spectrum in an $80bn auction last year, on January 3 agreed to buffer zones around 50 airports to reduce interference risks and take other steps to cut potential interference for six months. They also agreed to delay deployment for two weeks until Wednesday, temporarily averting an aviation safety standoff.
The CEOs of major airlines and Boeing Chief Executive Dave Calhoun held a lengthy call with Buttigieg and Dickson on Sunday to warn of the looming crisis, officials told Reuters.
The airlines ask “that 5G be implemented everywhere in the country except within the approximate 2 miles (3.2 km) of airport runways” at some key airports, and they say “immediate intervention is needed to avoid significant operational disruption to air passengers, shippers, supply chain and delivery of needed medical supplies”.
The airlines added that flight restrictions will not be limited to poor weather operations: “Multiple modern safety systems on aircraft will be deemed unusable causing a much larger problem than what we knew… Airplane manufacturers have informed us that there are huge swaths of the operating fleet that may need to be indefinitely grounded.”
The carriers added they urge action to ensure “5G is deployed except when towers are too close to airport runways until the FAA can determine how that can be safely accomplished without catastrophic disruption”.
The FAA said on Sunday that it had cleared an estimated 45 percent of the US commercial plane fleet to perform low-visibility landings at many airports where 5G C-Band will be deployed starting on Wednesday. The airlines noted on Monday that the list did not include many large airports.
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Re: US airline CEOs warn of looming ‘catastrophic’ crisis over 5G
by ga10 Wed Jan 19, 2022 11:53 am
This already has an impact to our company since we dealt with airlines!
ga10
Re: US airline CEOs warn of looming ‘catastrophic’ crisis over 5G
by 8DonCo Wed Jan 19, 2022 1:30 pm
Major airlines cancel, change flights to US over 5G dispute
Major international airlines have canceled flights heading to the U.S. or changed the planes they’re using
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Major international airlines canceled flights heading to the U.S. or changed the planes they're using Wednesday, the latest complication in a dispute over concerns that new 5G mobile phone service could interfere with aircraft technology.
Carriers took widely different approaches to the brewing crisis affecting international travel, from Middle Eastern airline Emirates drastically reducing its U.S.-bound flights to Air France saying it would fly as normal.
It wasn't immediately clear why the airlines made those decisions — or whether they took into account that mobile carriers AT&T and Verizon agreed this week to pause the rollout of the new high-speed wireless service near key airports.
U.S. officials had said that even with the concession, there could be some cancellations and delays because of limitations of equipment on certain planes. Some airlines said Wednesday they received warnings from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration or Boeing that the plane maker's 777 was particularly affected by the new wireless service.
It was also not clear how disruptive the cancellations would be. Several airlines said they would try to merely use different planes to maintain their schedules.
Major international airlines have canceled flights heading to the U.S. or changed the planes they’re using
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Major international airlines canceled flights heading to the U.S. or changed the planes they're using Wednesday, the latest complication in a dispute over concerns that new 5G mobile phone service could interfere with aircraft technology.
Carriers took widely different approaches to the brewing crisis affecting international travel, from Middle Eastern airline Emirates drastically reducing its U.S.-bound flights to Air France saying it would fly as normal.
It wasn't immediately clear why the airlines made those decisions — or whether they took into account that mobile carriers AT&T and Verizon agreed this week to pause the rollout of the new high-speed wireless service near key airports.
U.S. officials had said that even with the concession, there could be some cancellations and delays because of limitations of equipment on certain planes. Some airlines said Wednesday they received warnings from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration or Boeing that the plane maker's 777 was particularly affected by the new wireless service.
It was also not clear how disruptive the cancellations would be. Several airlines said they would try to merely use different planes to maintain their schedules.
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Re: US airline CEOs warn of looming ‘catastrophic’ crisis over 5G
by ga10 Wed Jan 19, 2022 1:56 pm
Yep, we found out about Emirates canceilling our flights today.
ga10
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