Airlines rush to scrap or change flights to U.S. over 5G dispute, even though technology's rollout's been delayed near some airports
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Airlines across the world, including the long-haul carrier Emirates, rushed Wednesday to cancel or change flights to the U.S. over an ongoing dispute about the rollout of 5G mobile phone technology near American airports, even though the two companies involved, Verizon and AT&T, delayed parts of the deployment.
The Reuters news service reports that the Federal Aviation Administration late Tuesday began updating its guidance on which airports and aircraft models would be affected. That's likely to greatly lessen that impact, Reuters said.
Dubai-based Emirates, a key carrier for East-West travel, announced it would halt flights to Boston, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Miami, Newark, New Jersey, Orlando, Florida, San Francisco and Seattle over the issue beginning Wednesday. It said it would continue flights to Los Angeles, New York and Washington.
