Emirates Airlines suspends flights to the US due to 5G

A written statement on the Emirates Airlines website reads: “It has been decided that starting today (Wednesday) the flights to the United States will be suspended due to operational concerns regarding activation. of 5G mobile service in this country ”.

The statement added that the suspended flights include air travel to Boston, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Miami, New York, Orlando, San Francisco and Seattle airports.

– The deadline for mobile companies to delay the transition to 5G in the US expired today

AT&T and Verizon, the largest telephony companies in the US, after the request from the US Federal Aviation Administration announced on January 4 that they have postponed the transition to 5G technology for two weeks.

A statement from AT&T’s media office said: “We know aviation security and 5G can go hand in hand. “We are confident that more cooperation and technical evaluation will solve all the problems.”

– Boeing and Airbus warned about the 5G issue

The CEOs of Boeing and Airbus, the world’s largest aircraft manufacturers, in a joint letter on 5G service sent to US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg on December 21, 2021, warned that this could caused great harm to the aviation industry.

The letter defended the idea that 5G technology would negatively affect the aircraft’s ability to operate safely, and called for “the transition to 5G technology to be delayed.”

Proponents of switching to 5G technology have accused the aviation industry of “alarming fear and distorting the truth” and warned that delaying the switch to the technology would cost the economy tens of billions of dollars.

AT&T and Verizon aimed to implement their C-band 5G technology starting January 5.

Most phones in the US are compatible with 5G, but can not use these options because it has not yet switched to 5G technology.

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