{"id":1222962,"date":"2022-01-18T17:40:09","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T22:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1222962"},"modified":"2022-01-18T17:40:18","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T22:40:18","slug":"emirates-release-statement-explaining-u-s-flight-cancellations-due-to-5g-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/emirates-release-statement-explaining-u-s-flight-cancellations-due-to-5g-chaos\/","title":{"rendered":"Emirates Release Statement Explaining U.S. Flight Cancellations Due To 5G Chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Femirates-release-statement-explaining-u-s-flight-cancellations-due-to-5g-chaos%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1222962&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In response to the ongoing concern over the upcoming rollout of C-band 5G technology \u2014 and the potential impact such technology could have on flight safety \u2014 Emirates Airlines announced that it would be indefinitely suspending flights to Boston\u2019s Logan International Airport and some other U.S. airports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to operational concerns associated with the planned deployment of 5G mobile network services in the US at certain airports, Emirates will be suspending flights to the following US destinations from 19 January 2022 until further notice: Boston (BOS), Chicago (ORD), Dallas Fort Worth (DFW), Houston (IAH), Miami (MIA), Newark (EWR), Orlando (MCO), San Francisco (SFO) and Seattle (SEA),\u201d the company said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emirates.com\/us\/english\/help\/travel-updates\/\">statement<\/a> on Tuesday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCustomers holding tickets with the final destination to any of the above will not be accepted at the point of origin,\u201d the statement continued, noting that Emirates flights to New York (JFK), Los Angeles (LAX) and Washington D.C. (IAD) would continue to operate as scheduled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmirates regrets any inconvenience caused. We are working closely with aircraft manufacturers and the relevant authorities to alleviate operational concerns, and we hope to resume our US services as soon as possible,\u201d Emirates added.<\/p>\n<p>This announcement was the latest in a chaotic timeline involving the rollout of C-band 5G technology in the U.S. On Tuesday, Verizon and AT&amp;T agreed to \u201cvoluntarily\u201d delay the rollout of C-band 5G technology near key airports, following a warning from the country\u2019s largest airlines that the deployment would cause \u201cmajor disruption\u201d to flights across the country. This announcement was the third time the rollout had been delayed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVerizon is proud to lead the nation in 5G. Tomorrow, Verizon will launch its 5G Ultra Wideband network which will enable more than 90 million Americans to experience the transformative speed, reliability and power of this game-changing network on the go or in their homes or businesses,\u201d Verizon announced in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KaraKenney6\/status\/1483509116006019079\">statement<\/a>. \u201cAmericans have been clamoring for 5G and tomorrow we will deliver it. As the nation\u2019s leading wireless provider, we have voluntarily decided to limit our 5G network around airports. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and our nation\u2019s airlines have not been able to fully resolve navigating 5G around airports, despite it being safe and fully operational in more than 40 countries. Thanks to the best team in the industry for delivering this technology which promises a revolutionary next step in wireless communications including tremendous benefits for our nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt our sole discretion we have voluntarily agreed to temporarily defer turning on a limited number of towers around certain airport runways as we continue to work with the aviation industry and the FAA to provide further information about our 5G deployment,\u201d an AT&amp;T spokesperson said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/att-verizon-5g-airports-catastrophic-disruption-travel\/\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/01\/18\/statement-by-president-biden-on-5g-agreement\/\">thanked<\/a> the telecom giants for agreeing to delay the deployment for a third time, saying that the \u201cagreement will avoid potentially devastating disruptions to passenger travel, cargo operations, and our economic recovery, while allowing more than 90 percent of wireless tower deployment to occur as scheduled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis agreement protects flight safety and allows aviation operations to continue without significant disruption and will bring more high-speed internet options to millions of Americans,\u201d Biden added. \u201cExpanding 5G and promoting competition in internet service are critical priorities of mine, and tomorrow will be a massive step in the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The specific concerns raised by both the aerospace industry and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) relate to potential interference of 5G with flight technology such as radio altimeters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[R]adio altimeters cannot be relied upon to perform their intended function if they experience interference from wireless broadband operations,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/newsroom\/faa-statement-5g\">the FAA said<\/a>, adding it would require \u201climitations prohibiting certain operations requiring radio altimeter data when in the presence of 5G C-Band interference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"> @ighaworth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"> member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to the ongoing concern over the upcoming rollout of C-band 5G technology \u2014 and the potential impact such technology could have on flight safety \u2014 Emirates Airlines announced that it would be indefinitely suspending flights to Boston\u2019s Logan International Airport and some other U.S. airports. \u201cDue to operational concerns associated with the planned &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1222962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1222962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1222962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1222962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1222962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}