Christine Chung
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reporter @nytimes, covering travel + airlines. ✉️ [email protected]
New York, NY
Joined October 2012
We don't yet know exactly how these cuts will be metered across the different markets, but a 10% overall cut in scheduled commercial flights is in the neighborhood of 5,000 flights per day.
The FAA is ordering at 10% reduction in flights in 40 high volume markets starting Friday. DOT is not yet releasing the list but will brief airlines later today. This will result in thousands of cancellations starting Friday. The FAA says ATC fatigue and staffing are the issue
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Confirming Reuters scoop: US TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY DUFFY SAYS HE WILL ORDER 10% CUT IN FLIGHTS
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The proclamation fully restricts and limits the entry of nationals from 12 countries: Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. It partially restricts entry of people from seven countries: Burundi,
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Lap kids: The airline safety issue that has yet to be resolved. Thanks to @nytimes & @chrisychung for sharing my thoughts: "It should be noted that at no time has the FAA actually studied its own theory," said William McGee, senior fellow @econliberties. https://t.co/9HTln480AB
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Recent airplane accidents have fueled concerns about whether young children are sufficiently protected on flights and prompted parents and caregivers to re-evaluate how, and even whether, they should...
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man Southwest Airlines sure is changing absolutely everything about itself
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Only 3 in 10 Veterans know about 0% down home loans. Join our mission to help veterans find their way home.
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Woah: @SouthwestAir is going to start charging for bags beginning on May 28 🤯 Never thought I’d see this day. Select elites and biz passengers still get 2 free bags. Basic economy and other more punitive changes are also coming soon. The Southwest of yesteryear is dead.
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The FAA has indefinitely shut down all low-altitude helicopter flights near DCA. The FAA was right to take this action, and I expect these restrictions to be in effect until investigations are complete.
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Our union fully supports this action by the @FAANews. Operations should change, at the very least until we learn more about what led to the deadliest U.S. aviation accident in 24 years. 67 souls were lost not even 48 hours ago — we should not operate as if nothing happened.
BREAKING: The FAA tells me it has indefinitely SHUT DOWN the low-altitude helicopter corridor in use during Wednesday's fatal midair collision. Blackhawk was on Route 4. It and Route 1 are now both closed "inside the bridges." Most significant action yet by FAA.
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One day since President Trump took office, the U.S. Department of Transportation website shows that nearly every key leadership position is vacant. Just updated today.
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Sorry for tweeting so much, but Twitter throttles out-bound links, so I'm trying this again. SoCal animal shelters are overwhelmed with people dropping off injured animals they can't take with them as they flee. Many are in need of volunteers, money, and foster homes 🧵
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The Steph Curry of firefighter pilots in LA last night. Incredible work
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Some of the firefighting activity over the #PalisadesFire this morning. https://t.co/UoSxhRuTH4
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Breaking News: Nearly all of the 181 people on the Jeju Air plane that crashed while landing at an airport in South Korea have been presumed dead, officials said. Follow live updates.
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The flight, operated by Jeju Air, was landing when it went off the runway in Muan, in the country’s southwest. Only two people survived the crash.
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Important comment about aviation safety: When the global air travel system achieves an incredible level of safety through deliberate engineering & organizational safeguards, the remaining accidents are at the edge of the bell curve -- ensuring they will be increasingly bizarre.
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Ready for your flight? Make sure you know about your airline's commitments regarding cancelations on @USDOT's Airline Customer Service Dashboard at https://t.co/3nTXkUOVaC.
#Thanksgiving2024
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Uber's launching shuttles in NYC to take people from Manhattan to LaGuardia • 14-passenger vans • Trips every 30 minutes • $18 to and from the airport • Three pick up/drop off locations (Port Authority, Grand Central, Penn Station) It makes a lot of sense, 15% of bookings
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Well, Turkish Airlines may not fly to Easter Island, but the food's allegedly top notch, some vegans have said
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Turkish Airlines, the professed favorite of Mayor Eric Adams, features a business class that has plush, lie-flat seats and multiple course meals served on porcelain tableware.
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Eric Adams certainly had an appetite for luxury travel. Per the indicment, he accepted free flights and upgrades on Turkish Airlines and heavily discounted hotel suites, that would've cost more than $120K in total.
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HUGE NEWS: Eric Adams Is Indicted Following Federal Corruption Investigation via @WRashbaum @danarubinstein and a cast of great reporters https://t.co/At8sOdLLXx
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The indictment makes Mr. Adams the first sitting mayor of New York City to be charged with a federal crime.
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