JFK Airport Hit With Power Outage — Affecting International Flights

Topline A power outage at an international terminal at New York’s John F. Kennedy airport has temporarily halted flights going inbound and outbound, the airport announced on Twitter Thursday afternoon...

Meltdowns In The Airline Industry And How To Fix Them

getty Key takeaways The Federal Aviation Administration had to suspend flights on the morning of January 11 due to issues with the system that notified pilots of possible dangers in the air and on the...

All Domestic Flight Departures Paused Amid FAA System Outage—Here’s What We Know

Topline Flights across the United States have been massively disrupted Wednesday morning following a Federal Aviation Administration system outage, with airlines ordered to pause domestic departures a...

More Than 1,300 U.S. Flights Delayed Or Canceled Amid FAA System Outage—Here’s What We Know

Topline Flights across the United States have been massively disrupted Wednesday morning following a Federal Aviation Administration system outage, with airlines including United, reporting temporary ...

The 1500 Hour Rule Has Broken The Pilot Pipeline In The U.S.

The U.S. airline industry is facing demand for pilots that won’t be met by the current training … [+] pipeline. Today’s U.S pilots are overwhelmingly male and white. Returning to an ...

FAA to boost Florida air traffic controllers, work with airlines to avoid disruptions

American Airline planes sit on the tarmac at Miami International Airport (MIA) in Miami, Florida, on February 2, 2022. Daniel Slim | AFP | Getty Images The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesd...

Boeing Looked for Flaws in Its Dreamliner and Couldn’t Stop Finding Them

For years, Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration handled 787 Dreamliner deliveries as though the perfect was the enemy of the good. The FAA allowed the plane maker to deliver the wide-body je...

FAA Making ‘Zero Tolerance’ Policy For Unruly Passengers Permanent Even As Judge Strikes Down Federal Mask Mandate

Topline The Federal Aviation Administration announced Wednesday it will make its “zero tolerance” policy for addressing unruly passengers aboard flights permanent after violent outbursts spiked during...

FAA keeps zero tolerance for unruly passengers even after mask ruling

Passengers wearing protective masks masks board a Boeing Co. 737-800 operated by Avelo Airlines ahead of the airline’s inaugural flight at Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR) in Burbank, California,...

Why people act out despite the risks

Incidents involving unruly passengers in the United States are decreasing. But the good news may end there. On average, there were about 500 reports of unruly passengers per month in 2021, according t...

Delta Airlines Issues An Apology To Neglected, Disabled Travelers

For Latinx community organizer and historian, Lilac Maldonado, the holidays are a time to visit her chosen family in Portland, Oregon. After booking her flight back in December, she spent nearly two h...

Buyers Beware Ligado Spectrum

As the Federal Aviation Administration last week was determining how to keep 5G transmitter towers from interfering with aircraft navigation systems, Ligado Networks announced plans to market its spec...

Understanding The 5G Issue For U.S. Airlines And How To Resolve It

As cell companies look to roll-out 5G, airlines and the FAA have raised concerns about interference … [+] with onboard equipment. This standoff was avoidable and will be solved with better commu...

FAA Raises Share Of Commercial Airplanes Deemed Safe From 5G Interference To 62% Of U.S. Fleet – Including Boeing 777

Topline The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday said it had determined that 5G cellular transmissions did not interfere with three models of radio altimeters commonly used on airliners to det...