Tag: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

• Monday, January 26th 2026 - 13:27 UTC

  Winter storm triggers worst U.S. flight-cancellation day since the pandemic, officials say

  

  A sweeping U.S. winter storm of snow and ice delivered the worst single day of flight cancellations since the Covid-19 pandemic, grounding more than 11,000 flights and triggering roughly 17,000 delays on Sunday, according to U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. The disruption, hitting during a high-volume weekend travel window, strained airlines, airports and utilities and raised the risk of continued delays into the start of the workweek.

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• Thursday, November 27th 2025 - 21:21 UTC

  Venezuela revokes licenses from foreign airlines abiding by FAA warning

  

  Venezuela's Chavista regime has revoked the operating concessions from the foreign carriers Iberia, Air Europa, TAP, Avianca, LATAM, Turkish, and GOL after they abided by the United States' Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) not to serve the South American country, given the ongoing military developments there, which pose a “potentially dangerous situation” in the Caribbean.

• Monday, November 24th 2025 - 08:07 UTC

  So far, 7 airlines halt services to and from Venezuela

  

  Seven international airlines suspended their connections with Venezuela over the weekend after the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a security warning concerning potential risks in the South American country's airspace.

• Tuesday, February 23rd 2021 - 08:24 UTC

  Boeings 777 grounded after incident when an engine caught fire and pieces fell over Denver

  

  Boeing has called for the grounding of 128 of its 777 planes across the world as US regulators investigated a United Airlines flight whose engine caught fire and fell apart over a suburban area of Denver in Colorado State.

• Saturday, August 17th 2019 - 09:09 UTC

  Beware if traveling to US: airports clogged because of security systems outage

  

  Thousands of travelers at US airports faced delays on Friday because of a nationwide outage of US Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) processing systems that lasted several hours.

• Wednesday, August 14th 2019 - 09:38 UTC

  US Aviation administration bans models of Apple's MacBook laptops on flights

  

  United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has banned certain models of Apple Inc's MacBook Pro laptops on flights after the company recalled select units which had batteries posing fire risks.

• Saturday, November 12th 2016 - 20:23 UTC

  More flights to Cuba and less around Trump Tower in new US skies

  

  Delta Air Lines will operate three daily flights to Havana, one from Miami, one from New York and one from Atlanta, it was announced Friday - No fly zone (sort of) around Trump Tower in NYC

• Tuesday, July 22nd 2014 - 22:36 UTC

  US and EU ban airline flights to Israel after Hamas rocket lands near Tel Aviv airport

  

  The United States Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, is prohibiting US airlines from flying to Israel's international airport in Tel Aviv for 24 hours, after a rocket fired by Hamas militants in Gaza landed nearby, damaging a house and slightly injuring one Israeli. European airlines quickly canceled their flights as well.

• Friday, November 1st 2013 - 08:51 UTC

  US aviation regulators clear passengers use of mobile devices from gate to gate

  

  Aviation regulators have cleared the safe use of mobile devices during take-off and landing for US airlines. US carriers are expected to let passengers use smart phones, tablets, and e-book readers from gate to gate by the end of the year.