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FAA Tentatively Approves JetBlue’s Acquisition of Spirit Slots at LaGuardia
The carrier has agreed to pay $58.5 million.
AirlineGeeks•Zach Vasile31 AugFederal Aviation Administration — page 3
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FAA Approves Commercial Flights at Washington Manassas Airport
The facility is undergoing extensive renovations to accommodate commercial aircraft.
AirlineGeeks•Zach Vasile31 Aug
The FAA Could Miss The Deadline To Rename Lake Ontario On Airspace Charts
The FAA could take several months to reflect the new name on its VFR charts.
US charter operator Best Jets to expand with four Embraer E170s after FAA approval
Part 121 certification allows the business aviation company to add 60-seat E170 charter operations alongside its 30-seat executive jets
Air Data News•Ricardo Meier31 Aug
FAA Neglects Air Traffic Controller Raises Because “10-Hour Shifts 6 Days A Week” Isn’t Enough
FAA ties delayed pay to efficiency metrics that demand more on position time amid a 3,000 controller shortfall.
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Report: Two Controllers Left Early On Night of LaGuardia Crash
The FAA is reportedly moving to fire both workers.
AirlineGeeks•Zach Vasile28 Aug
JetBlue Could Get Spirit LaGuardia Slots As Google AI Bid Meets Block
JetBlue wins with the FAA's tentative approval of its slot acquisition. Google loses as a cabin crew union blocks its data acquisition.
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FAA Proposes Special Conditions For Skyryse Fly-By-Wire R66
Agency wants pilots to retain awareness of control limits after conventional mechanical feedback is removed.
AVweb•Matt Ryan28 AugFB
AvTalk Episode 384: And we’re back
After a week away, there’s much to discuss on this week’s episode of AvTalk. We start in Munich, where the Runway 26L took a great deal of abuse. We discuss the Vietnam Airlines 787 runway overrun and tail strike , followed two days later by a Lufthansa A380 touching down before the threshold on the same runway. We also examine what happened aboard Air India A320neo VT-EXO, which briefly lost pressure across all three hydraulic systems, causing an upset that injured nearly two dozen people. Plus, American puts two aircraft with the same call sign on the same frequency—again—and investigators say an unqualified passenger may have been flying a Phenom 100 that overran a wet runway. Elsewhere, a ramp worker is killed during the pushback of a French bee A350 in Montreal, a Frankfurt Airport employee dies from a rare case of malaria, and a Qantas A380 flies to Dallas and back with a maintenance light left inside its wing. We also discuss rising runway incursions in Australia, the return of the Delta–Aeromexico joint venture, Eurowings’ new Premium BIZ seats, the FAA’s war on plastic cups, United’s orphaned 737 MAX 10 seats, and American’s plan to bring seatback screens back—eventually. Please check back soon for a transcript of this week’s episode.
Flightradar24 Blog•Flightradar2428 Aug
FAA Firing Two Air Traffic Controllers For Leaving Early Night Of Deadly LaGuardia Air Canada Accident
In March 2026, we saw an Air Canada Jazz CRJ-900 collide with a fire truck at New York's LaGuardia Airport (LGA), claiming the lives of two pilots, and injuring dozens of others.
One Mile at a Time•Ben Schlappig28 Aug
FAA seeks to fire two controllers who left early before fatal Air Canada crash
Only two controllers remained in the LaGuardia tower when the CRJ-900 collided with a fire truck, killing both pilots
Air Data News•Ricardo Meier28 Aug
Crew Flying Marine One Failed To Contact ATC Moments Before Close Call Incident, NTSB Says
FAA data show Marine One and ATC met days earlier while crews worked around flaky communications before the near miss.
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FAA Moves To Fire LaGuardia Controllers
The two controllers reportedly left about an hour early before the fatal March runway collision.
AVweb•Matt Ryan27 AugA
LaGuardia controllers face FAA firing for leaving early before fatal runway crash
Two air traffic controllers at New York LaGuardia Airport (LGA) face termination after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)…
AeroTime•Stephen Pope27 AugH
Entrol supplies H125 simulator to Tunisian Air Force
Entrol, the manufacturer of EASA and FAA certified FNPT, FTD, and FFS flight simulators, announces the sale of a customized H125 FNPT II MCC simulator to the Tunisian Air Force, operating under the Ministry of National Defense of Tunisia. The agreement, formalized in July 2025, marks the second simulator project delivered by entrol to the Tunisian Air Force, reinforcing the