One Mile at a Time
• Ben Schlappig
A UPS Boeing 767 cargo aircraft and a Copa Airlines Boeing 737 passenger jet collided on a taxiway at Miami International Airport. The incident, captured on passenger video, comes weeks after a fatal cargo-plane crash at the hub and a day after an FAA nationwide ground stop tied to air traffic control communication issues.
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A UPS Boeing 767 cargo aircraft and a Copa Airlines Boeing 737 passenger jet collided on a taxiway at Miami International Airport. The incident, captured on passenger video, comes weeks after a fatal cargo-plane crash at the hub and a day after an FAA nationwide ground stop tied to air traffic control communication issues.
U.S. airlines expect nearly 29 million passengers to travel over Thanksgiving in 2026, according to the report. The busiest airport days are forecast to be Nov. 29 and 30, following a record for TSA passenger screenings during the previous year’s holiday period.
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The FAA lifted a nationwide flight-departure halt after a communications failure at air traffic control centers disrupted operations across the country. Officials attributed the outage, which began at 3:36 p.m., to overloaded routers experiencing instability; they said there was no indication of an attack. The shutdown was described as the longest since Sept. 11, 2001.
Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, Michigan, has completed a taxiway extension that provides access to additional space for aviation-related businesses, the airport authority said. The project expands the airport’s ability to make land available for aviation development, though no tenants or investment figures were reported.
Scheduled operations are expected to begin at Latrobe Regional in Pennsylvania in mid-first quarter 2027. The available report does not identify the operator, routes, frequency or aircraft, leaving the planned service’s scale and commercial reach unspecified.
Adani Group’s airport subsidiary is seeking to raise about 94 billion rupees ($1 billion) from global investors, according to people familiar with the matter. The proposed fundraising follows a similar-sized raise two months ago, underscoring the company’s continued effort to secure capital for its airport business.
Lebanon plans to begin commercial passenger service at René Mouawad Air Base in Tripoli on Dec. 14, 2026, after trial flights start Nov. 22. Prime Minister Nawaf Salam announced the schedule, marking the facility’s planned entry into the country’s passenger aviation network.
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