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Investigation: American and Southwest Airlines Mechanics Pressured To Overlook Potential Safety Problems

Courtesy: By Fabrizio Gandolfo – https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/8100832, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=43525690 Investigation: American and Southwest [Read more]

February 5, 2019 // 0 Comments

Southwest Test Flight To Hawaii Is Happening Today

Courtesy: Houston Hobby // Stephen M. Keller, 2018 Southwest Test Flight To Hawaii Is Happening Today Southwest Airlines told USA Today in a statement that it will be performing a test [Read more]

February 5, 2019 // 0 Comments

Chicago O’Hare Unseats Atlanta As USA’s Busiest Airport

Courtesy: By Dllu – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46444803 Chicago O’Hare Unseats Atlanta As USA’s Busiest Airport The FAA has [Read more]

February 4, 2019 // 0 Comments

Virgin Atlantic Flight 10 Feet From Colliding with Drone Over London

Courtesy: By Paul Lucas from Leicestershire, UK – G-VOOH Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41700938 Virgin Atlantic [Read more]

October 22, 2018 // 1 Comment

Is the FAA to Blame for the Death of Southwest Passenger?

Is the FAA to Blame for the Death of Southwest Passenger? A lot has been written this week about the incident of Southwest Airlines Flight 1380, which had an engine issue that threw [Read more]

April 20, 2018 // 3 Comments

2017 Was Safest Year for Commercial Travel With No Jet Fatalities

Courtesy: Ralf Roletschek / roletschek.at 2017 Safest Year for Commercial Travel With No Jet Fatalities If you have a fear of flying, take solace in the fact that 2017 safest year for [Read more]

January 2, 2018 // 1 Comment

New Smart Bag Restrictions Starting This Month For Most Carriers

New Smart Bag Restrictions Starting This Month For Most Carriers This may have been written about by other bloggers in the Boarding Area network, but while on the AA website under baggage [Read more]

January 1, 2018 // 1 Comment

American lifts ground stop at PHL airport

American lifts ground stop at PHL airport American Airlines has lifted it’s ground stop to/from Philadelphia International Airport after it’s computers failed to return from a [Read more]

February 22, 2017 // 2 Comments

FAA Investigating Harrison Ford After Landing on Taxiway & Nearly Hitting Commercial Flight

FAA Investigating Harrison Ford After Landing on Taxiway & Nearly Hitting Commercial Flightt It’s hard not to love Harrison Ford. He’s a pretty awesome guy, and to top it [Read more]

February 14, 2017 // 1 Comment

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FAA Approves Single Operating Certificate for American Airlines

FAA Approves Single Operating Certificate for American Airlines American Airlines announced on Wednesday that it completed another big step towards being one airline after its merger with [Read more]

April 8, 2015 // 0 Comments

Super Bowl XLIX is a drone FREE zone! (VIDEO)

Courtesy: Telegraph.co.uk (Photo: John Giles/PA Wire) Super Bowl XLIX is a drone FREE zone! On Wednesday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released a 15-second video reminding [Read more]

January 29, 2015 // 0 Comments

FAA Bans U.S. Flights From Iraqi Airspace

Hours after President Barack Obama authorized airstrikes over Iraq, the Federal Aviation Administration has announced that it is banning U.S. airlines and commercial carriers from flying [Read more]

August 8, 2014 // 0 Comments

FAA lifts ban on U.S. airlines flying to Israel

The FAA has lifted its restrictions on U.S. airline flights into and out of Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport by cancelling a Notice to Airmen it renewed earlier today. The cancellation is [Read more]

July 24, 2014 // 0 Comments

Flights to Israel continue to be suspended (UPDATED)

The FAA has extended the halt on flights to Israel by U.S. carriers for an additional 24 hours via a renewed NOTAM. Several foreign airlines, including Lufthansa, Air France and Korean Air [Read more]

July 23, 2014 // 0 Comments

List of Airlines Temporarily Suspending Flights to Israel

Earlier today we were the first blog on BoardingArea/Prior2Boarding to report on U.S. airlines suspending flights to Israel over a rocket that hit less than one mile away from TLV airport [Read more]

July 22, 2014 // 1 Comment

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