Federal Aviation Administration
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 Tuesday, August 8, 2023
The severe weather conditions have thrown air travel into disarray along the U.S. East Coast, leading to the cancellation of over 1,300 flights and delays affecting more than 5,700 flights as of 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The extensive disruption has …
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 Tuesday, April 4, 2023
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a warning that a shortfall of air traffic controllers at a New York site may have an impact on summer travel in United States. To explore ways to minimise delays, the FAA met …
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 Thursday, June 9, 2022
Today, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is launching “Be ATC,” a recruiting campaign to hire the next generation of air traffic controllers. The application window will be open nationwide from June 24-27 for all eligible U.S. citizens. Air traffic controllers …
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 Saturday, May 28, 2022
A new rule from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will improve and modernize the training requirements for aviation maintenance technician schools (AMTS). This will ensure that new aviation technicians learn from curriculums that align with current industry standards. “These improvements …
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 Saturday, May 14, 2022
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is issuing a license to the Huntsville-Madison Airport Authority in Alabama to operate the Huntsville International Airport (HSV) as a commercial space reentry site. The license permits the airport to offer …
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 Wednesday, April 20, 2022
During a visit to Augusta Municipal Airport near Augusta, Kan., FAA Deputy Administrator Bradley Mims highlighted funding coming the airport’s way as part of President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) that provides a once-in-a-generation investment in rural and smaller communities. …
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 Tuesday, March 1, 2022
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is continuing to make progress in reforming its aircraft certification processes. This week, the agency expanded the use of independent groups of internal and external safety experts for certification projects such as commercial aircraft, smaller …
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 Saturday, February 12, 2022
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will begin field-testing new drone-traffic-management capabilities to further integrate these aircraft into the National Airspace System. The Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM) Field Test, which will start in the spring of 2022, will allow …
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 Monday, February 7, 2022
This week, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued its millionth airspace authorization for drone pilots to use busy airspace safely. The Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) automates the process for drone pilots to quickly gain authorization and provides …
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 Thursday, January 27, 2022
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) finalized an agreement that will allow the two countries to share each other’s evaluation and acceptance of flight simulators. The agreement will reduce the regulatory burden on business …