NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy is strongly opposing Sec. 373, “Manned Rotary Aircraft Safety,” in the House-passed 2026 National Defense Authorization Act.
The U.S. Transportation Department has canceled the final installment of a civil penalty owed by Southwest Airlines for its winter 2022 operational disruption.
The U.S. DOT and FAA are preparing to brief President Trump on the selection of an integrator for the planned aircraft traffic control modernization program.
Aeromexico is unconcerned about the latest order from the U.S. restricting certain flights and is hopeful the spat between the countries will end soon.
U.S. airports are making another push to convince the federal government to raise the passenger facility charge (PFC) cap, which has not changed for 25 years.
Citing a “rapid decline in controller callouts,” U.S. transportation officials are freezing the level of flight reductions currently imposed on domestic airlines at 6%.
The FAA and U.S. DOT list of 40 airports to be affected as of Nov. 7 by schedule cuts include essentially all of America's largest and busiest airports.
If the U.S. air transport system is reduced to chaos by the shutdown, the public—and the businesses that depend on air transport of people and cargo—will be angry.
Chinese airlines have urged the Trump administration to withdraw its proposal to bar them from flying through Russian airspace on routes to and from the U.S.
Regional airlines are pledging to maintain scheduled service to rural communities even as the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) prepares to suspend payments.
