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fromFortune
4 months agoJust 776 air traffic controllers will get Trump's $10,000 bonus, but the union says thousands who worked during the shutdown were left out | Fortune
776 air traffic controllers will receive $10,000 "perfect attendance" bonuses for working through the government shutdown; many others who worked without pay were excluded.
fromFast Company
2 months agoFAA reopens Texas airspace after declaring a 10-day block on flights to and from El Paso
The Federal Aviation Administration reopened the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas on Wednesday morning, just hours after it announced a 10-day closure that would have grounded all flights to and from the airport. The Federal Aviation Administration said in a social media post that it has lifted the temporary closure of the airspace over El Paso, saying there was no threat to commercial aviation and that all flights will resume.
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fromTravel + Leisure
3 months agoIs It Safe to Visit the Caribbean Right Now? What Travelers Should Know
Positive update from the Caribbean-I was online and on the phone for HOURS all day yesterday but finally got flights so we will be heading home sooner than Friday," Han wrote in an Instagram post, adding in the video, "We all recognize and realize fully that there are far worse places to be stuck. We're lucky just to be able to have been here in the first place.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
4 months agoBay Area airport operations return to normal following resumption of full air traffic
The FAA announced Sunday that it was lifting its previous mandate that air traffic be reduced by 10% due to air traffic controller fatigue, citing a safety review and steady decline of staffing-trigger events in air traffic control facilities, according to a statement from the agency. Operations returned to normal on Monday at 6 a.m. The air traffic reduction, which began Nov. 7, largely impacted 40 high-traffic airports across the country, including San Francisco International Airport and Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport.
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fromGothamist
4 months agoFAA to lift emergency flight limits Monday as NYC-area airports return to normal
Flight schedules at JFK, LaGuardia and Newark airports will return to normal for the first time in more than a week, starting Monday at 6 a.m., according to federal officials. Authorities said air traffic controller staffing has improved enough to end an emergency order that required airlines to cut domestic flights by 10% at 40 major U.S. airports, including airports that serve New York City.
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fromABC7 Los Angeles
4 months agoFAA lifts order slashing flights, allowing commercial airlines to resume their regular schedules
FAA lifted all commercial flight restrictions at 40 major airports, allowing airlines to resume regular schedules after controller shortages during the 43-day shutdown.
fromBusiness Insider
5 months agoPrivate jets can't fly to these 12 major US airports during shutdown
As of midnight Monday ET, the Federal Aviation Administration has restricted most general aviation flights, including private jets, at 12 major US airports due to air traffic controller callouts. That means jet owners, charter operators, and other business aviation companies cannot fly in or out of those hubs. Ed Bolen, the CEO of the National Business Aviation Association, the private aviation industry's main lobbying group, said in a Monday statement that the move is " disproportionately impacting general aviation."
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