Tag: Federal Aviation Administration

President Trump on Monday announced plans to privatize the country's air traffic control system. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump announces plan to privatize air traffic control system: ‘We are proposing to take American air travel into the future’

Alex Pappas · June 5, 2017 4:17 pm

White House officials: Infrastructure bill could pass this year

Sarah Bedford · June 5, 2017 3:25 pm

Bipartisan measure would ensure that the Federal Aviation Administration could not overrule local authorities if they create their own ordinances. (Heather Rousseau/The Roanoke Times via AP)

Bill would protect state, local authority on drones

Sean Higgins · May 25, 2017 11:13 pm

President Trump, with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at Quirinal Palace on Wednesday in Rome, has drawn support from an air traffic controllers' union and a trade group for his effort to create a nonprofit to control U.S. air traffic. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump plans to privatize air traffic control

Sean Higgins · May 24, 2017 9:58 pm

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Federal Aviation Administration rule violated a provision of the The FAA Modernization and Reform Act, in which Congress prohibited any rulemaking regarding model aircraft. (Paul Rodriguez/The Orange County Register via AP)

Appeals court says FAA cannot force drone owners to register with government

Sean Higgins · May 19, 2017 9:36 pm

Rep. Bill Shuster said he would make moving air traffic control from the government to a nonprofit a key part of the FAA reauthorization bill. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

House panel takes up privatizing air traffic control

Sean Higgins · May 17, 2017 8:15 pm

There's been a slew of YouTube videos and stories lately showing how chaotic things have gotten when flying the friendly skies. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Beltway Confidential

How to make airlines stop acting like fraternities

Nicole Russell · May 15, 2017 3:53 pm

The Trump administration in March banned laptops in carry-on bags from 10 airports in eight Middle Eastern and African countries. (iStock)

National Security

US to ban laptops in plane cabins in all flights from Europe: Report

Daniel Chaitin · May 10, 2017 8:48 pm

The Prime Air delivery drone carried bottles of sunscreen. (Screengrab)

WATCH: Amazon makes first public drone delivery in US

Daniel Chaitin · March 24, 2017 4:59 pm

Shooting drones out of the sky

Daniel Chaitin · March 20, 2017 4:01 am

Speaking with airline and airport executives, some representing Airports Council International — North America (ACI-NA), about issues unrelated to his travel ban, Trump "stated four times that America must modernize and rebuild our airports." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

What might ‘aviation aficionado’ Trump do to modernize airports?

Tamer Abouras · February 11, 2017 5:00 pm

FAA approves L.A. Rams stadium project

Sean Higgins · January 13, 2017 10:11 pm