China said it is “gravely concerned” by President Trump’s plan for the U.S. to build a multibillion-dollar Golden Dome missile defense shield and is encouraging Washington to halt its development. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said Wednesday that the defense system, which Trump said would take $175 billion to build, will “exacerbate the risk […]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is cutting down the number of flights coming in and taking off from embattled Newark Liberty International Airport to combat delays and reduce congestion. The FAA issued an interim order Tuesday, ensuring that the number of arrivals and departures at the airport will be capped at 28 per hour until […]
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy signed an order on Tuesday requiring commercial truck drivers to be fluent in English. Under the new guidance, drivers who fail to comply with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s English-language proficiency requirements will be placed out of service. “America First means safety first. Americans are a lot safer on roads […]
Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani rejected the notion Tuesday that his country is attempting to curry favor with President Trump by gifting a $400 million luxury jet to the U.S. to replace Air Force One while Trump’s in office. “I don’t know why people consider it as bribery or Qatar trying to […]
Air traffic controllers’ radio at Denver International Airport experienced an outage for a minute-and-a-half this week, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The federal agency said a part of the Denver Air Route Traffic Control Center suffered a loss of communications for about 90 seconds at around 1:50 p.m. local time Monday because “both […]
The hotline between the Department of Defense (DOD) and air traffic controllers at Reagan Washington National Airport has not worked for more than three years, according to a top Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) official. Franklin J. McIntosh, the FAA’s deputy chief operating officer, confirmed during a Senate hearing Wednesday on the agency’s modernization efforts that […]
A system used to verify passport document data for agencies that issue driver’s licenses and identification cards was unavailable Wednesday amid an outage, according to a transportation group. The U.S. Passport Verification Service provides a means for driver license agencies to verify that data against the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) back-end systems, according to […]
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy explained Wednesday that he recently changed his wife’s flight to avoid the embattled Newark Liberty International Airport — but not because of safety issues. “With all the delays at Newark, my wife had to do an event, and she was in the city of New York, and so I did. I […]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Tuesday defended moving Newark Liberty International Airport’s airspace control to Philadelphia in a statement released in the wake of recent turmoil in the airport’s operations. “There is a nationwide shortage of air traffic controllers, and the FAA for years has not met the staffing goal for the area that […]
More than 45 million Americans are expected to travel domestically for Memorial Day, a new record for the holiday weekend, according to forecasters from AAA. The auto club expects 45.1 million people will travel 50 miles or more between May 22 and May 26 around the Memorial Day holiday, up 1.4 million travelers from the […]
