News / Launch of 5G tomorrow will bring US air commerce to a halt, say airlines

Will US aviation be grounded again tomorrow? © Karol Ciesluk |

US commerce by air will “grind to a halt” tomorrow, with airlines forced to ground aircraft, unless there is a two-mile radius around major airports free from the planned 5G roll-out.

A group of airlines, including Atlas, FedEx and UPS, has warned the US government, that otherwise they will have to cancel more than 1,000 flights, with some aircraft grounded “indefinitely”.

The 5G problem, which airlines and telecoms companies have been debating for about four years, reaches the crunch tomorrow when Verizon and ...