American Airlines is facing a record fine of $24.2 million for failing to comply with safety requirements that grounded their Boeing MD-80s in April 2008. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) fine is more than than double the $10.2 million they proposed on Southwest airlines over 2 years ago. Ray LaHood,
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been alarmed after two children that were apparently allowed to give clearance for several planes at the JFK Airport in New York, one of the busiest in the world. Two
Aviation authorities in the US have rejected safety warnings by ruling that Boeing 777 aircraft would be allowed to continue to fly long-distance routes until 2011 with parts that have caused engines to ice up and shut down mid-flight. It has been reported that the US Federal Aviation Administration ruling ignores
Officials said a computer glitch lasting four hours triggered major flight delays and cancellations throughout the United States as air traffic controllers were forced to input flight plans by hand. The incident was the second such problem to hit the network in just over a year, and was repaired within four
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is considering slapping United Airline and US Airways with fines running into millions of dollars. Both airlines are accused of violating safety regulations. A whopping $5.4 million dollar fine has been proposed for US Airways, for operating eight aircraft on 1,647 flights between October 2008
www.faa.gov Airlines in the US have improved service to passengers, according to the results of a new poll. According to a study conducted by the University of Michigan released this week, passenger satisfaction with US airlines increased by 3.2 percent earlier this year, which was the first rise seen in six years. The
Officials at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have given approval to a new small jet although design and production problems have been raised by the government's engineers, test pilots and inspectors. Safety issues have been raised as well, according to congressional investigators. General Calvin Scovel, an inspector with the transportation department,
By Tuesday evening, major U.S. airports were back to normal operations after a glitch affecting the computer system used in filing flight plans was repaired, and after hundreds of flights across the country experienced significant delays, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported. The Department of Homeland Security assured the flying public
There is currently an investigation up in progress because an American Airline jet lost a panel off of it's belly a little bit after taking off from the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport that is in Texas. The American Airline Jet continues to go across the Atlantic then
AA will declare on their report to the USTD that the grounding of 3,300 flights and more of 300,000 passengers would have been avoided if the FAA hadn't been reversed. This report is expected to be delivered tomorrow Friday to T.S. Mary Peters and continues to state that it
United Airlines, the world's second-largest airline, has grounded its complete fleet of 52 Boeing 777 long-haul jets. This occurred after it failed to make the necessary checks of the aircrafts' fire suppression systems. The Chicago-based airline's representative stated that United will not be operating these aircraft until the time all