Dubai Resumes Flights After Drone Caused Airport Fuel Fire - Bloomberg.com

Flights halted at Washington DC airports after chemical smell - Reuters

<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMilwFBVV95cUxQZWE1Z0d2Um41cV9CZ3ByVVZ5RzgxU05mczJWcWJlVWZBMHp6dnkwcWt3ZmtwM2Z2MnZnV3pVV29POWVKcnVTNlBrcGw1d3hQYUlxVjloWnJfMXpjOFZfQ0dVby1GQUVjSjI4eGR3ZE8yQ0dtNmcySFFsb1VRaW9hZ1l5cUFaMWkzLVBpUHNoRG5PbXVjMS1Z?oc=5" target="_blank">Flights halted at Washington DC airports after chemical smell</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#6f6f6f">Reuters</font>

Airline CEOs urge Congress to end shutdown and pay airport TSA officers

<p>Nearly month-long funding lapse has disrupted US air travel and caused long wait times amid security officers’ absences</p><p>The CEOs of major US airlines urged <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-congress">Congress</a> on Sunday to move quickly to end a 29-day partial government shutdown that has forced 50,000 airport security officers to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/13/tsa-workers-pay-shutdown">work without pay</a>, warning it could further <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/02/flights-cancelled-middle-east-travel-chaos-us-israeli-iran-conflictflights-cancelled-middle-east-travel-chaos-us-israeli-iran-conflict">disrupt</a> US air travel.</p><p>Absences by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers had already disrupted travel at some major airports over the previous week, raising alarm as the busy spring break travel season continues.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/15/congress-shutdown-...

Jet fuel prices are rising. That could make summer flights more expensive

(The Associated Press) — Jet fuel prices are rising as the war in the Middle East disrupts global oil supplies, putting cost pressure on airlines as the busy summer travel season approaches. Experts say it’s not a question of if airfares will go up, but when, for how long and by how much. The impact may be felt…

Cheap drones transform global battlefield

<p>Cheap, mass-produced <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/02/18/drone-dominance-gauntlet-pentagon-production" target="_blank">drones</a> have permanently changed the face of warfare.</p><ul><li>Without them, Russia's overwhelming manpower and firepower advantage would grind Ukraine into dust.</li><li>Without them, the Houthis are a ragtag militia in Yemen — not a force that brought <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/06/15/yemen-houthi-rebels-red-sea-international-trade" target="_blank">global shipping</a> to its knees.</li><li>Without them, a sanctioned, isolated Iran couldn't inflict nearly as much damage to the most powerful military in world history.</li></ul><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Size no longer guarantees victory. Any nation, any proxy, any rebel group with access to cash and commercial components can now bleed a superpower slowly, expensively and without a clean answer.</p><hr><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>Iran's Shahed drone — said to cost between $20,...

Ukrainian troops share lessons learned from fighting Iran's Shahed drones

For more than 10 days, Iran has used Shahed drones to target American bases, killing U.S. troops and hitting civilian infrastructure facilities. But long before they flew across the Middle East, Shaheds fired by Russia targeted Ukrainian troops and infrastructure. Special correspondent Jack Hewson reports from Kharkiv, where he spoke with frontline forces who have experience facing the drones.

Minnesota braces for major winter storm; significant number of flights canceled or delayed at MSP Airport - CBS News