This hearing begins an investigation into mass holiday cancellations. The Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing titled “Strengthening Airline Operations and Consumer Protections,” the first part of their…
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FAA and NTSB Investigate Near Collision at JFK
One jetliner taxied in front of another as it was about to take off. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating how two…
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FAA Safety System Outage Grounds All Flights
The agency lifted the ground stop that has delayed flights across the nation. The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop of U.S. flights after an outage occurred…
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Commerce Committee to Look Into Southwest Airlines
Multiple thousands of flights were canceled in just 2 days. Chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington, stated last week that they will be…
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Transportation Secretary Speaks with Southwest Airlines CEO
He communicated expectations for commitments to rectify mass flight cancellations. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg spoke with the CEO of Southwest Airlines, Bob Jordan, earlier this week about…
Read MoreSouthwest’s Cancellations Attributed to Outdated Software
Pilots’ union claims it is not the weather. After the severe winter storm brought much of the nation’s air travel to a halt, most airlines are running closer…
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Volume of Flight Cancellations Concerns DOT
More than 2,800 flights were canceled Tuesday by Southwest Airlines. The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced that officials will look into the high number of flight cancellations.…
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Blizzard Forecast for Central U.S.
Winter storm warnings are being issued through Christmas and airlines are rebooking flights. Most of the United States will be experiencing colder than usual weather through Christmas, and…
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U.S. Safety Officials to Review Hawaiian Airlines Flight
Extreme turbulence injured 36 people, and 20 were hospitalized. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced that they would be investigating an incident of extreme turbulence on a…
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Some Air Marshals to Refuse Mexican Border Deployment
They are being reassigned outside of their official roles. More than a dozen Transportation Security Administration (TSA) air marshals reportedly intend to refuse deployment to the U.S.-Mexico border…
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