Yahoo
Crush of flights routinely strained National Airport capacity before crash
American Airlines said in a statement that it is the FAA’s responsibility to set an airport’s arrival rates and that it follows the agency’s scheduling rules. It said it works with FAA officials ...
TravelPulse
FAA Updates Helicopter Routes, Adds Buffer Zones at Washington DC Airports
The Federal Aviation Administration has updated helicopter route charts at several Washington, D.C. area airports, including some permanent changes eight months after a midair collision that killed ...
USA Today
FAA to add buffer zones for helicopters near two DC area airports
WASHINGTON – The Federal Aviation Administration said on Oct. 2 that it was modifying helicopter routes at two international airports near Washington, D.C., months after an American Airlines jet ...
Aviation Week
Daily Memo: 2023 Request To Reduce DCA Arrivals ‘Died Right There’
Almost two years before the fatal midair collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), an internal FAA memo advised air traffic control leadership that DCA’s arrival rate ...
Fox Business
FAA braces for nationwide flight disruptions as air traffic controller shortages hit major airports
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is bracing for nationwide air traffic disruptions Tuesday night as staffing shortages hit several major control centers, including Chicago, Nashville, ...
PDX remains calm on day one of nationwide flight reductions
Friday marked the beginning of hundreds of flight cancellations at major airports across the country as the FAA begins reducing air traffic by 4%.