Federal Aviation Administration

Airlines do not have to meet usual 80%-schedule standard.

The airline has restarted talks with Boeing about adding the MAX jet to its fleet to enable further network expansion.

The US Federal Aviation Administration is to award $770.8m in airport infrastructure grants to more than 500 airports.

Infrastructure grants of $677m have been awarded to airports across the US to help improve safety and efficiency.

US skies are benefitting from significant air traffic management (ATM) upgrades, but there are challenges casting shadows on the worthy efforts being made.