Tag: Federal Aviation Administration

Drones left out of air traffic plans

Joan Lowy · September 24, 2014 10:11 pm

The Environmental Protection Agency this week informed the United Nations aviation program that it had begun investigating whether airplane emissions endangered public health. ÃÂ (iStock image)

Energy and Environment

EPA takes step toward regulating plane emissions

Zack Colman · September 5, 2014 12:52 pm

DPS: 2 dead in North Texas plane crash

Washington Examiner · August 16, 2014 2:51 am

Drones are being used to deliver food and packages, show off houses, and get aerial footage for filmmakers. (iStock Image)

The real problem with mindless drones

John Stossel · August 12, 2014 9:20 pm

National Security

FAA prohibits US airlines from flying over Iraq

Joan Lowy · August 8, 2014 3:16 pm

In this June 4, 2014 photo, a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 comes in for a landing at Love Field in Dallas. The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday, July 28, 2014 is proposing a $12 million civil fine against Southwest Airlines for failing to comply in three separate cases with safety regulations related to repairs on Boeing 737 jetliners. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

FAA proposes to fine Southwest Airlines $12M

Joan Lowy · July 28, 2014 7:33 pm

FILE - This April 30, 2014 file photo shows Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. Cruz, a potential Republican presidential contender in 2016 is questioning whether President Barack Obama used a federal agency to impose an economic boycott on Israel after the Federal Aviation Administration banned U.S. airline flights to Tel Aviv because of safety concerns amid fighting between Israel and Hamas. (AP Photo, J. Scott Applewhite, File)

National Security

Cruz demands answers on FAA flight ban to Israel

Washington Examiner · July 24, 2014 10:34 pm

FILE - This April 30, 2014 file photo shows Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. Cruz, a potential Republican presidential contender in 2016 is questioning whether President Barack Obama used a federal agency to impose an economic boycott on Israel after the Federal Aviation Administration banned U.S. airline flights to Tel Aviv because of safety concerns amid fighting between Israel and Hamas. (AP Photo, J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Cruz suggests flight ban is boycott of Israel

Washington Examiner · July 24, 2014 4:30 am

A traveler views a departures board Tuesday, July 22, 2014, at the Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia. The Federal Aviation Administration is telling U.S. airlines they are prohibited from flying to the Tel Aviv airport in Israel for 24 hours after a Hamas rocket exploded nearby. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Flight bans show skittishness over trouble spots

The Associated Press · July 23, 2014 9:15 am

Travelers congregate in front of a departures board showing one canceled flight to Tel Aviv at Newark Liberty International Airport, Tuesday, July 22, 2014, in Newark, N.J. In a sign of increased caution about flying near combat zones, U.S. and European airlines halted flights to Israel Tuesday after a rocket landed near Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport. Delta Air Lines and United Airlines suspended service between the U.S. and Israel indefinitely. The actions come days after a Malaysia Airlines jet was shot down over eastern Ukraine with 298 people on board. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

FAA tells US airlines not to fly to Tel Aviv

Washington Examiner · July 22, 2014 10:52 pm

A destroyed house that was hit by a rocket fired by Palestinians militants from Gaza, in Yahud, a Tel Aviv suburb near the airport, central Israel, Tuesday. As a result, Delta Air Lines and U.S. Airlines decided to cancel their scheduled flights to Israel. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

Beltway Confidential

U.S. flight ban could be Hamas’ biggest success in latest clash with Israel

Spencer Brown · July 22, 2014 5:10 pm

San Diego utility wins FAA OK to test drones

Washington Examiner · July 12, 2014 4:16 am