Hacker News with Generative AI: Airports

NZ airport to remove Hobbit-themed eagle sculptures (bbc.com)
For more than a decade, a pair of Hobbit-inspired eagle sculptures have cast a watchful eye over visitors at New Zealand's Wellington Airport.

New Zealand, Airports, Art, Tourism, The Hobbit

11 points by bookofjoe 4 days ago | 5 comments

Uber adds new $10 shuttle rides between JFK Airport and Manhattan (engadget.com)
Uber has new shuttle routes for NYC travelers. Less than six months after launching bus rides between LaGuardia Airport and Manhattan, the company is adding four routes between John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Manhattan.

Transportation, New York, Uber, Airports

4 points by chirau 42 days ago | 5 comments

A Fire Plunged Heathrow into Darkness. A Nearby Data Center Kept Humming. Why? (nytimes.com)
A fire at an electrical substation near Heathrow on Friday forced a power outage at the airport. It took officials close to 18 hours to bring its terminals and runways back into operation.

Power Outages, Data Centers, Airports, Technology

8 points by -_-_-_- 44 days ago | 7 comments

Heathrow closed all day after nearby fire causes power outage (bbc.co.uk)
Heathrow Airport will be closed all day Friday after a fire at a nearby electrical substation that supplies it with power

Transportation, Airports, Power Outages

6 points by blankx32 49 days ago | 0 comments

London's Heathrow Airport announces complete shutdown due to power outage (cnn.com)

London, Airports, Power Outages, Travel Disruptions

245 points by dfine 49 days ago | 248 comments

FAA data shows 30 near-misses at Reagan Airport (npr.org)
When pilots report near-midair collisions around Reagan National Airport, there's often a military aircraft involved, an NPR analysis of Federal Aviation Administration data shows.

Aviation Safety, Airports, Military, Data Analysis

9 points by toomuchtodo 98 days ago | 0 comments

Two men arrested after drone flies 'dangerously close' to Boston's Logan Airport (cnn.com)

Drones, Aviation Safety, Boston, Law Enforcement, Airports

19 points by belter 145 days ago | 9 comments

Flight operations halted at Edinburgh Airport due to IT issue (airlive.net)
No flights are currently taking off or landing at Edinburgh Airport.

Technology, Airports, Transportation

5 points by cf100clunk 145 days ago | 1 comments

Launch HN: Azalea Robotics (YC S24) – Baggage-handling robots for airports (ycombinator.com)
Hey HN! We’re David and John B, cofounders of Azalea Robotics (https://www.azalearobotics.com). We build robots to handle passenger baggage in airports.

Robotics, Airports, Startups, Y Combinator

132 points by dmillard 149 days ago | 80 comments

German climate activists stop air traffic after breaking into four airport sites (theguardian.com)

Climate Change, Activism, Germany, Transportation, Airports

12 points by belter 267 days ago | 45 comments

How do airports charge airlines for using their gates? (stackexchange.com)

Airports, Airlines, Business, Finance, Travel

13 points by ivanjermakov 299 days ago | 2 comments

Electric Flights Available to General Public at Maastricht Aachen Airport (electrifly.store)

Electric Vehicles, Aviation, Airports, Netherlands

12 points by Gys 312 days ago | 11 comments

Billions in Dirty Money Flies Under the Radar at Busiest Airports (wsj.com)