
FAA to close 149 air traffic towers under cuts
Under orders to trim hundreds of millions of dollars from its budget, the Federal Aviation Administration on Friday released a final list of 149 air ...

Drones will require new privacy laws, Senate told
Privacy laws urgently need to be updated to protect the public from information-gathering by the thousands of civilian drones expected to be flying ...
Correction: Budget Battle story
In a story March 19 about budget legislation, The Associated Press misidentified Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as a Democrat. He is a Republican.

Boeing aims to wrap up 787 testing in 2 weeks
Boeing unveiled its fix for its troublesome 787 battery on Friday and is aiming to wrap up testing within two weeks. The company hopes to get quick ...

Air traffic tower closures will strip safety net
The planned shutdown of up to 238 air traffic control towers across the country under federal budget cuts will strip away an extra layer of safety ...

Boeing: Commercial 787 flights to restart in weeks
Boeing said Friday it sees commercial flights of its grounded 787 jets resuming "within weeks" even though it has not pinpointed the cause of battery ...

FAA approves Boeing plan to fix 787's batteries
A Boeing plan to redesign the 787 Dreamliner's fire-plagued lithium-ion batteries won approval Tuesday from the Federal Aviation Administration, ...

Learjet makes safe emergency landing in St. Louis
A Learjet with landing gear problems circled an airport outside St. Louis for about an hour and a half Monday before it was diverted to St.
Boeing ready to move on 787 fix, if FAA approves
Boeing said Monday that it is set to move quickly to get its 787s back in the air if it gets federal approval for a fix for the batteries that have ...
Learjet passengers walk off aircraft in St. Louis
Eight passengers and a pilot safely walked off a small aircraft Monday afternoon at St. Louis-Lambert International Airport after the pilot reported ...

ANA president sees Boeing progress on batteries
The president of All Nippon Airways, Boeing's biggest single customer for its troubled 787 Dreamliner, said Friday that he believes the U.S.
Shake on a plane? Dance craze brings FAA inquiry
The latest craze to sweep the Internet is bringing college students the wrong kind of attention — from the Federal Aviation Administration. During a ...
Recommendation on Boeing 787s expected next week
Experts at the Federal Aviation Administration are expected to say next week whether they recommend accepting Boeing's plan to fix its troubled 787 ...

FAA chief: Spending cuts could close runways
The government has no choice but to furlough air traffic controllers in the event of automatic spending cuts, raising the specter of widespread flight ...
Puerto Rico airport privatization deal lifts off
Puerto Rico's governor on Tuesday approved turning over the operations of Puerto Rico's largest airport to a private company as part of an estimated ...

SPIN METER: A dubious list of budget 'horribles'
President Barack Obama and his officials are doing their best to drum up public concern over the shock wave of spending cuts that could strike the ...

All condemn pending budget cuts, spread blame
The White House and Republicans kept up the unrelenting mudslinging Sunday over who's to blame for roundly condemned budget cuts set to take effect ...

Administration warns of impact of broad budget cut
Widespread flight delays and shuttered airports, off-limit seashores and unprotected parks. The Obama administration is painting a dire portrait of ...

AP sources: Boeing proposes battery fix for 787s
Boeing attempted a major step Friday toward getting its 787 Dreamliners flying again, proposing a fix for the plane's troubled batteries that could ...

Obama: Hill must make 'right decisions' on cuts
President Barack Obama, intensifying pressure on congressional Republicans, said Friday that lawmakers still have "the opportunity to make the right ...

THE RESET: White House catalogs spending-cut woes
As the nation slowly recovers from the severe 2007-2009 recession, a battle rages between lawmakers who want the government to aggressively tackle ...
Obama administration: Cuts to cause flight delays
The Obama administration is warning that automatic spending cuts scheduled to take effect March 1 will result in travel delays at major airports and ...
United Airlines drops 787 through June 5
United Airlines cut the grounded Boeing 787 from its flying plans at least until June and postponed its new Denver-to-Tokyo flights on Thursday, as ...

Source: Boeing to propose 787 battery fix to FAA
Boeing has developed a plan that it intends to propose to federal regulators to temporarily fix problems with the 787 Dreamliner's batteries that have ...