US House of Reps passes Bill to improve FAA NOTAM system
LONDON - Following the recent outage of the FAA’s NOTAM system, which saw flights across the continental United States grounded; the US House of Representatives has introduced a new bill…
FAA introduces fuel-saving descent procedures at 11 airports
LONDON - Aircraft heading to Orlando, Kansas City, Omaha, Reno and six airports in South Florida can now slide down from cruising altitude to final approach saving millions of gallons…
Boeing & The FAA: A Love-Hate Relationship?
LONDON - Boeing and the FAA have had a long and sometimes tumultuous relationship. From allegations of lax safety regulations to Boeing’s own design flaws, it can be difficult to…
FAA say mistake by contract personnel led to last week’s system outage
LONDON - The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has now conducted a preliminary review into the causes of a widespread system outage last week which saw the grounding and disruption…
FAA confirms Boeing 787 deliveries to resume in “coming days”
LONDON - The Federal Aviation Administration revealed today (August 8) that Boeing will restart deliveries of its 787 Dreamliners in the coming days. Deliveries of the wide-body jetliners have been…
US Airlines Continue Pleas For Mask Mandate To End
LONDON - U.S Based airline CEOs and GOP lawmakers have once again asked the President of the United States Joe Biden to end the mask mandate for travel despite the…
FAA Strgnthens Zero Tolerance Policy On Unruly Passengers Issuing Hefty Fines
LONDON - The FAA logged 5,981 unruly passenger reports as of December 31st. 72% of those were mask related. The FAA had to take a drastic turn before the numbers…
FAA Provisionally Clears 90% Of Aircraft to Fly Near 5G Networks
LONDON - The FAA has provisionally cleared about 90% of US commercial aircraft as they’re now somewhat shielded from the interference caused by the 5G network towers near the airports.…