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Airlines are seen as a critical link even as passenger travel sinks to record lows and carriers downsize fleets.

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 spreading the coronavirus.

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 from Europe.

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 time to comment on its proposal. The FAA issued its remote ID notice of proposed rulemaking in late December and gave the public until March 2 to submit comments. The […]

Boeing is planning to begin 777X deliveries next year, but it is unclear when airlines will begin flying the new widebody.

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.

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.

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.

Changes need to be made, but the process the Federal Aviation Administration uses to certify aircraft — including the grounded Boeing 737 MAX — is effective and a significant contributor to the world’s safest aviation system, according to a panel of outside safety experts. In a report that is sure to rile Boeing (NYSE: BA) […]

U.S. cargo airlines had requested exemptions from the ban.

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 until June 4. Let’s see if that holds.

For the second time in five weeks, the Federal Aviation Administration is proposing a multi-million dollar penalty against Boeing for allegedly installing improperly manufactured components on the wings of some of its 737s. The latest penalty proposal, announced by FAA late Friday afternoon, is $5.4 million for allegedly installing noncomforming slat tracks on approximately 178 […]

The ban follows an Iranian missile attack on U.S. military assests in Iraq.

Boeing’s troubles keep mounting with the 737 MAX, but there are indications that regulators may be able to clear the plane for flight again in a few months.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said Monday, Jan. 6 that it is closely monitoring events in the Middle East “to identify potential risks to civil aviation safety.” FAA’s statement comes in the wake of a U.S. drone attack early Jan. 3 in Baghdad that killed Iran’s top military commander, Gen. Qassem Soleimani. “We continue to […]

The proposed rule will cover just about every drone operating in the U.S.

Pemco wants to convert newer aircraft.

Drone rulemaking delayed for fourth time this year.

The chill felt in Southwest Airlines’ fourth quarter financial report won’t be weather-related, but because of the 737 MAX.

Boeing is like a boxer on the ropes. The latest body blow is having to suspend production of the 737 MAX while it undergoes further safety reviews.