FAA, EASA approve EASy II for Falcon 7

Lawmakers flooded the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with letters this spring pleading with the agency to keep open their local contract air traffic control towers, documents obtained by The Hill show. Roughly 100 letters obtained under a ...

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The FAA approved Boeing's plan to fix the 787 Dreamliner's batteries on March 12 with more testing required.(Photo: David McNew, )Story HighlightsBoeing was forced to ground its new-age jets in mid-January787 international flight service will resume ...

The US FAA on Thursday filed formal approval of Boeing's 787 battery fix that will clear the way for the troubled aircraft to fly again.

President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill to end furloughs of air traffic controllers.

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US FAA said it had suspended all employee furloughs and that it expects the US air travel system will return to normal operations by Sunday evening.

Under growing pressure, the Obama administration signaled Wednesday it might accept legislation eliminating Federal Aviation Administration furloughs blamed for lengthy delays affecting airline passengers, while leaving the rest of $85 billion in ...

The closings of control towers at 149 small airports, due to begin this weekend because of government-wide spending cuts, are being delayed until June 15, federal regulators announced Friday. The Federal Aviation Administration said it needs more time to deal ...