The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday announced it would permanently restrict “non-essential” helicopter operations around the District of Columbia’s Reagan Washington National ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday it is imposing permanent restrictions on non-essential helicopter operations around Washington's Reagan National Airport ...

In March, the FAA imposed permanent restrictions on non-essential helicopter operations around Reagan to eliminate helicopter and passenger jet mixed traffic, including permanently closing one key ...

At the moment, the FAA has restricted all non-essential helicopter operations around DCA, except for urgent missions, such as lifesaving medical, priority law enforcement or Presidential transport.

Following a Jan. 29 mid-air collision of an American Airlines regional jet and an Army helicopter that killed 67 people, the FAA imposed permanent restrictions on non-essential helicopter ...

“We took swift action by permanently restricting non-essential helicopter operations and eliminating helicopter and fixed-wing mixed traffic around the airport,” Rocheleau said, pointing to ...

The U.S. Senate Wednesday voted 53 to 43 to approve long-time Republic Airways CEO Bryan Bedford to head the Federal Aviation ...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday announced it would permanently restrict “non-essential” helicopter operations around the District of Columbia’s Reagan Washington National Airport ...