"We as a group can never go back to just getting on a plane and trusting that everything will be OK," one relative told Newsweek.

When Congress pushed ahead last year with adding 10 new daily flights to Washington D.C.’s Reagan National Airport, the ...

Layoffs at the Transportation Department touched several areas that focus on safety, including studying roadway deaths and helping prevent pipeline leaks.

W hen Musk and his allies turned their attention to the FAA last month, they identified a problem: The communications ...

The FAA enforces regulations to ensure aviation safety, requiring pilots to comply with strict operational guidelines.

Florida-based start-up cargo carrier 7 Air has secured US FAA certification following a long approval process. 7 Air, which ...

“For a country that considers itself the gold standard in aviation safety, these numbers are unacceptable, and we must do ...

Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Sean Duffy announced Thursday his plan to "supercharge" the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)'s air traffic controllers after numerous fatal plane ...

As of September 2024, the FAA had 14,000 air traffic controllers ... according to the Times, while a large number of them have former working relationships with Musk. But knowing who’s behind ...

The exact number let go from the Hughes center, which employs around 4,500 people, isn’t clear. A person who represents FAA employees, and who asked not to be named because they didn’t have authority ...