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US Inches Closer to Flying Cars As DOT Approves Pilots For Several Regions

Jetsons like aerial vehicles promise to quickly whisk passengers from city to city, sailing above traffic

International Business Times

Somali truck driver pulled off road after driving wrong way in Missouri, fails English proficiency test

A Somali truck driver, driving an 80-ton vehicle the wrong way on a Missouri highway, was taken out of service after failing an English proficiency test. Authorities confirmed the driver, licensed in Minnesota, could not read basic road signs. Investigations are underway into how he obtained his commercial driver's license.

The Times of India

Federal judge reverses Trump’s freeze on $16bn for NY-NJ tunnel project

President reportedly wanted Dulles airport and Penn Station to be renamed after him in exchange for funding

The Guardian - US

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Is Wizz Air planning to fly to the US?

The low-cost carrier has applied to the US Department of Transportation

The Independent UK

South Florida’s Brightline has highlighted an old problem – every year for the past decade, 900 pedestrians were killed by trains

In 2018, high-speed passenger trains branded as Brightline started running along the formerly freight-only Florida East Coast Railway. Initial service from Miami to West Palm Beach was extended to Orlando in 2023. Unfortunately, the southern end of the line is in the spotlight because of collisions with pedestrians and motor…

The Conversation

Family of 4 gets kicked off JetBlue plane after system glitch. What follows is a 14-hour nightmare at Fort Lauderdale airport with no refund in sight

A family of four is calling out JetBlue after the airline allegedly kicked them off their flight and left them stranded for 14 hours.

The Mary Sue

What to know as hundreds of flights are grounded across the US – an air travel expert explains

Major airports across the United States were subject to a 4% reduction in flights on Nov. 7, 2025, as the government shutdown began to affect travelers.

The Conversation

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Airlines hit back at Trump’s plan to ban US flights over Russia

One airliner argued that the ban would ‘inconvenience travellers’ from both nations

The Independent UK

‘Overselling flights should illegal‘: Los Angeles woman gets denied boarding on overbooked flight. Then she realizes how they choose who gets kicked off

There’s a common practice in the airline industry in which a carrier will sell more tickets to a flight than passengers it can actually hold. This is called “overbooking.”

The Mary Sue

Trump officials cut planning grant for Texas high-speed rail between Dallas and Houston

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said if the private sector wants the rail line, it should cover planning costs.

The Texas Tribune

Navajo Nation objects to private moon mission placing human remains on the lunar surface

NASA has responded to the Navajo Nation's objections over a private mission placing human remains on the moon alongside agency science payloads.

Space

Alaska Air to buy Hawaiian Airlines in a $1.9 billion deal with debt

Alaska Air Group has agreed to buy Hawaiian Airlines in a $1.9 billion deal including debt

The Independent UK

Canadian airlines brace for a summer of change as U.S. airlines consider reforms

The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently issued a report on the causes of flight disruptions before and after the pandemic. The report also outlined the challenges airlines faced managing and responding to these flight disruptions.

The Conversation

Mother launches fight against United Airlines after claiming staff ignored her son’s peanut allergy on flight

The mother has issued a formal complaint with the US Department of Transportation

The Independent UK

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