In the four years since its first flight, Avelo Airlines has gained loyal customers by serving smaller cities like New Haven, Conn., and Burbank, Calif. Now, it has a new, very different line of business. It is running deportation flights…
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In India and Pakistan, Signs of Normalcy After Weekend Cease-Fire
A sense of normalcy began to return in India and Pakistan on Monday, in a sign that the cease-fire that halted the most expansive fighting between the two nuclear-armed neighbors in decades would extend past the weekend. Stock markets in…
Israel Bombs Yemen’s Main Airport in Retaliation for Houthi Strike
Israeli fighter jets bombed the main international airport in Yemen on Tuesday in retaliation for a missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi militia that struck near Israel’s main airport last weekend. The Israeli bombing in the capital, Sana, was the latest…
Spain and Parts of Portugal and France Hit by Widespread Power Outage
Spain and Portugal were hit by a major power outage on Monday, bringing to a halt daily activity throughout the two countries, with businesses shutting down along with trains, subways and airline flights. Officials did not say what caused the…
Man Shot by Police at Toronto Airport
The police shot a man at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Thursday morning, causing a partial shutdown in the departures area of the airport’s largest terminal, the authorities said. The man’s age and condition were unknown. Paramedics dispatched four ambulances…
Airport Was Given Bird Strike Warning Days Before South Korea’s Deadly Crash
The latest warning came 10 days before the deadliest air crash in South Korea. A dozen officials gathered inside a room at Muan International Airport for a meeting of a bird strike prevention committee, where they discussed the number of…
Heathrow Was Warned of Power Supply Vulnerabilities, Airlines Advocate Says
The head of an airline advocacy group warned officials at Heathrow Airport of the threat posed by potential substation failures days before a fire forced the shutdown of the airport last month, he told British lawmakers on Wednesday. “I’d actually…
Fire Briefly Disrupts Heathrow Airport Train Service
Train service between Heathrow Airport and central London was briefly disrupted on Wednesday morning because of a fire next to a track. Trains linking Paddington Station with Heathrow’s Terminal 5 may be canceled or face delays of up to 30…
A Fire Plunged Heathrow Into Darkness. A Nearby Data Center Kept Humming. Why?
A gleaming new data center sits less than half a mile from the electric substation where a fire plunged Heathrow Airport into darkness last week. The data center’s own power was also cut that day. But no one who relied…
U.K. Launches Investigation into Heathrow Airport Blackout
The British government has ordered an urgent investigation into how a fire at an electricity substation left Heathrow Airport in London in darkness on Friday, crippling one of the world’s busiest airports. “We are determined to properly understand what happened…