The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has decided to lower Israel’s aviation security ranking after an inspection revealed what the FAA termed “severe security shortcomings in Israel’s Civil Aviation Authority.”
The Unites States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has re-issued an urgent airworthiness directive requiring that pilots of Boeing 737 aircraft be advised to pay attention if they hear an in-flight warning horn.
The United States Transportation Department has found that nine major airlines in the United States outsourced over 70% of their major aircraft maintenance in 2007, compared to 34% in 2003.
The two pilots who shocked the airline industry by dozing off during a flight and sending air traffic controllers into panic mode have now received their licenses back.
Delta Air Lines Incorporated and Northwest Airlines Corporation, both major airlines based in the United States, have moved closer to merger with the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) accepting plans by the two carriers for a Single Operating Certificate for the combined carrier.
The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced new steps as well as 13 recommendations to enhance its supervision of aviation safety.

The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the aviation watchdog of the United States, is investigating 17 cases in which 11 airlines did not comply with the US government’s safety directives.
The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced that it was delaying its plan for auctioning slot at Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey, the United States, in the facce of fierce opposition from airlines as well as from airports in the New York area.
Southwest Airlines Company, the biggest low-cost airline in the United States, has said it will not abide by the deadline for paying a fine of $10.2 million imposed on it for having flown its jets without required inspections.
An unprecedented malfunction in the computer software of the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has caused delay of hundreds of flights at airports across the United States from Texas to New York.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the agency of the United States Department of Transportation with authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of civil aviation in the country, has ordered immediate inspection of throttles on small personal jets manufactured by Eclipse Aviation after one Eclipse 500 plane made an emergency landing at Chicago’s Midway International Airport on June 5, 2008.
The Federal Aviation Administration of the United States has ordered Porter Airlines Incorporated, a regional airline based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to “trim” its weekday schedule for flights from Toronto to Newark, New Jersey, the United States.