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FAA exempts flight crews from renewing medical certifications during pandemic
Pilots can fly aircraft with expired medical certificates for three extra months because the FAA doesn’t want to burden healthcare workers or increase chances for…
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Trump bans travel from Europe, adding to airline woes
Airlines are getting hammered by falling demand and now will lose much of the trans-Atlantic market entirely for a month as the U.S. bans travel…
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FAA denies requests to extend drone remote ID comment period
The Federal Aviation Administration’s drone remote identification rulemaking was years in the making, but the agency doesn’t want to give industry and drone users extra…
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Boeing 777X will have more belly capacity than current 777s
Boeing is planning to begin 777X deliveries next year, but it is unclear when airlines will begin flying the new widebody.
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Boeing, key supplier agree on slow restart to 737 MAX production
Boeing’s 737 MAX production won’t come rushing back as soon as regulators lift the aircraft's flight ban. Slow and steady is the plan.
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FAA proposes $120,000 penalty for UPS dangerous goods violation
The FAA says UPS didn't comply with hazmat rules for air transport when it didn't make sure a shipment it received was safe to fly.
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Boeing: Expect 737 MAX flight ban to last into summer
Boeing estimates regulators won't lift the 737 MAX grounding until mid-year, at the earliest, which means the production line might not restart until 2021.
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Experts’ review defends FAA certification process that approved 737 MAX
Changes need to be made, but the process the Federal Aviation Administration uses to certify aircraft — including the grounded Boeing 737 MAX — is…
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FAA loosens restrictions on flights over Persian Gulf
U.S. cargo airlines had requested exemptions from the ban.
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American Airlines delays starting 737 MAX service until June
Pushing back reintroduction of the 737 MAX into airline schedules has become a predictable routine. American Airlines now says it won't start flying the plane…
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