Articles tagged “faa”

Trump’s pick to head the FAA comes as the agency faces potential DOGE cuts and an air traffic controller shortage.

Risks to travel are minimal if a government shutdown is short, but the longer it grows on, the more disruption in the industry can take hold.

Spirit and Frontier are taking issue with the way the Department of Transportation applied certain legal definitions when awarding long-distance flights out of Reagan National Airport.

Industry officials testified to Congress about the air traffic controller shortage and technology shortfalls. Elon Musk and DOGE, however, became contentious flash points.

On today’s podcast we discuss Accor Hotels’ new focus, a hiring crisis in U.S. air traffic control, and Qantas’ long-haul wishes.

The airline industry is still facing a dire air traffic controller shortage, which the FAA has previously said could last until the 2030s.

President Donald Trump said he would speak to congressional leaders about passing a “single bill” to overhaul the nation’s air traffic control system.

The National Transportation Safety Board did not specify how many air traffic controllers were working at the time of the collision.

President Donald Trump appointed Chris Rocheleau as acting administrator of the FAA after a plane crash near Reagan National Airport Wednesday night.

The incident marks the first time there has been a commercial airline crash in the U.S. since 2009, when a regional carrier of Continental Airlines crashed into a house in Erie County, New York. Local officials have said they don't believe there are any survivors.