FAARegulations

3month ago

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Lufthansa says Europe still isn’t playing fair for its airlines enginecowl.com

Just read this and honestly none of it is surprising. Lufthansa is again calling out Germany and the EU for making it way harder and more expensive for European airlines to compete globally. They’re basically saying yes, Germany finally agreed to lower aviation taxes a bit...

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4month ago

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Delta cares for customers, reduces flights beginning Nov. 7 in compliance with FAA directive news.delta.com

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered U.S. airlines to begin cutting domestic flight capacity by up to 10 percent at 40 major airports nationwide starting Friday, due to mounting strain on air-traffic-controller staffing amid the federal government shutdown. Many...

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4month ago

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Cranky Flier calls out FAA’s “haphazard” 10% flight cuts crankyflier.com

Cranky Flier just dropped a fiery post about the FAA’s plan to slash 10% of flights across 40 major airports starting tomorrow calling it “massive, haphazard,” and giving the government his rare Cranky Jackass Award. He tears into the rollout: airlines were told barely a day in...

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4month ago

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Ground Stop DCA

Very early in the reporting. Might not last long but for anyone arriving or departing soon

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4month ago

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FAA cutting 10% of flights nationwide during government shutdown apnews.com

The FAA just announced it’s cutting air traffic by 10% across 40 major airports starting Friday morning. They say it’s to maintain safety since controllers have been working unpaid, short-staffed, and exhausted during the shutdown. Airlines like United, Southwest, and American...

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4month ago

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FAA cutting 10% of flights starting Friday, what’s going on?

Looks like the FAA’s cutting 10% of flights at 40 major airports starting Friday. After last week’s 3+ hour delays in BNA and Dallas, this doesn’t sound great. I’m flying Saturday and just hoping mine isn’t one of the 10%. Feels weird that it’s supposed to start in two days with...

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4month ago

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Delta plane nearly collides with another at Boston amid ATC chaos dailymail.co.uk

Wild story out of Boston a Delta flight from Paris to New York had to divert to Logan because of bad weather, and while landing, another Cape Air plane was taking off on an intersecting runway. The pilots had to do a go-around after coming way too close. Everyone’s fine, but the...

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4month ago

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Shutdown and bad weather causing massive flight delays across the US thepointsguy.com

The Points Guy says the ongoing government shutdown is starting to hit air travel hard. FAA staffing shortages and storms are causing multi-hour delays, especially in the NYC area. Some Delta premium lanes at JFK and LAX are even closed because of TSA staffing issues....

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5month ago

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Lufthansa New 787 will Have Four Allegris Business Class Cabin aviationa2z.com

Lufthansa will debut its new Allegris-fitted Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner in October 2025, but due to delays in U.S. FAA seat certification, only four business class suites in the first row will initially be available for booking. The aircraft will launch on the Frankfurt–Toronto...

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6month ago

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Newark Airport Hit by Another Ground Stop After Radio Outages abcnews.go.com

Newark Liberty had yet another rough day after incoming flights were halted for an hour because air traffic controllers lost radio communication. Delays stretched over two hours, and the FAA has now cut the airport’s incoming flight capacity to just 28 per hour through at least...

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7month ago

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American Airlines’ Viral Vaper Isn’t Backing Down And It’s Not Going Well onemileatatime.com

I’ve been following the bizarre saga of the American Airlines passenger who was caught vaping in the lavatory and filmed a heated exchange with a flight attendant. He clearly thought posting it online would win him support, but it’s been the opposite public reaction has been...

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