Foreign Airlines Cancel Some US Flights Over 5G Issue

CNN Business reports:

Major international airlines are scrambling to modify or cancel flights to the United States amid uncertainty about potential interference between new 5G cell phone services and critical airplane technologies.

Emirates, Air India, All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Lufthansa and British Airways all announced changes to some flights, citing the issue.

A spokesperson for British Airways told CNN Business that it “had to make a handful of cancellations” because a decision by telecom operators to delay activating the new 5G service at some locations didn’t cover all the airports the airline serves.

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Several international airlines say they will cancel flights into the US due to uncertainty about interference between new 5G cell phone service and critical airplane technologieshttps://t.co/WMWXTcdaUb

— CNN (@CNN) January 19, 2022