Air India, Emirates and others cancel flights to US over 5G rollout concerns
India TodayAir India, Emirates, Japan Airlines and other airline companies have canceled flights to the US owing to concerns related to the 5G rollout by AT&T and Verizon. “Due to deployment of 5G communications in the USA, our operations to the USA from India stand curtailed/revised with change in aircraft type from 19th January 2022,” Air India informed via Tweet. The company announced that it is “suspending flights to the following US destinations from 19 January 2022 until further notice.” Emirates has suspended its flights to Boston, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Miami, Newark, Orlando, San Francisco, and Seattle. The telecom company is currently working with the Federal Aviation Administration "to provide further information about our 5G deployment since they have not utilized the two years they've had to responsibly plan for this deployment.” “We are launching our advanced 5G services everywhere else as planned with the temporary exception of this limited number of towers,” the telecom company was quoted by AFP as saying.