The US House Appropriations Committee has approved legislation granting $17.7 billion to FAA in FY2020, advancing the bill to the full chamber where it is scheduled to be taken up later in June.

Southwest Airlines pilots are “comfortable” with proposed training updates for the Boeing 737 MAX fleet and did not recommend any changes to FAA’s draft standards during the public comment period.

American Airlines pilots are emphasizing detailed instruction on the maneuvering characteristics augmentation system (MCAS) and revamped emergency procedures as keys to ensuring a safe return to service for the grounded Boeing 737 MAX fleet.

The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) moved to further limit non-family travel to Cuba as part of an administration-wide effort to assert greater pressure on the country over its human rights record and support for the regime of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela.

A group of French politicians is proposing to ban some internal flights in a bid to cut carbon dioxide emissions in an amendment to a law on future mobility.

The Senate panel considering the nomination of former Delta Air Lines executive Steve Dickson to head the FAA is reviewing allegations from a previously undisclosed whistleblower complaint that allege Delta management engaged in retaliation against a pilot in 2016, while Dickson was serving as SVP-flight operations.

Russia’s Aeroflot Group has extended its hand luggage-only fares to medium-haul routes operated by Aeroflot Airline and subsidiaries Rossiya Airlines and Aurora Airlines, the group said June 4.

US Rep. John Garamendi (D-California), a senior member of the House Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) Committee, plans to re-introduce legislation this summer that would require carriers to disclose more information about their maintenance activities to the public.