Posts Tagged ‘FAA’

Stop-and-go funding makes planning tough for Mississippi airport chiefs

by Ted Carter Published: August 14,2011

Tags: Bruce Frallic, Dirk Vanderleest, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport, Jackson-Evers International Airport

The refusal of Congress to go beyond short-hop funding for the Federal Aviation Administration has made uncertainty just another work challenge that the heads of Mississippi’s two major commercial airports must overcome. As one funding lapse ends another one appears on the horizon for Dirk Vanderleest at Jackson-Evers International Airport and Bruce Frallic at Gulfport-Biloxi [...] [...]

American Airlines may face more fines

by Associated Press Published: March 14,2010

Tags: air travel, airline safety, airlines, American Airlines, FAA, hospitality, travel, travel and leisure

DALLAS — Federal regulators are proposing more maintenance-related penalties against American Airlines. The Federal Aviation Administration said it would fine American $787,500 for three cases of alleged maintenance problems. In one case, regulators say the airline operated a plane without replacing a central computer on the jet. The FAA says mechanics improperly put off the [...] [...]

FAA completing American Airlines probe

by Associated Press Published: February 10,2010

Tags: air travel, airlines, FAA, fines, hospitality, travel

WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration is close to wrapping up a two-year investigation of safety violations at American Airlines that could result in one of the largest fines in the agency’s history, according to government and industry officials familiar with the investigation. Separately, the Transportation Department’s inspector general is due to release an audit [...] [...]

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