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Airline passengers in the U.S. may soon be able to use a wider range of electronic devices on planes, even during takeoffs and landings.

The apparent collapse of the front landing gear on Southwest Flight 345, a Boeing 737, left the plane crippled on a runway.

FAA issued new pilot training standards Wednesday thanks to a tireless campaign from the Families of Continental Flight 3407.

Kansas-based medical transporter EagleMed is under scrutiny after its third crash in three years left one person dead and three injured.

By exempting the FAA from federal workers' furloughs, U.S. passengers will be spared additional airport delays.

Federal inspectors will closely oversee installations and tests of new battery safety features.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner could be back in the air soon, but exactly when has yet to be announced.

Fliers could face delays as long as 3.5 hours as the FAA finalizes its forced spending cuts under federal budget sequestration.

California politicians want federal intrusion into local affairs.

The U.S. air safety regulator said pins that hold the narrow body jet's rear stabilizers could prematurely corrode.

FAA will delay the closure of 149 federal contract air traffic control towers until June 15 amid legal challenges and safety concerns.

A Chinese news outlet plans to purchase two unmanned drones, reportedly for the purpose of aerial photography.

The closures will begin April 7, part of the FAA's plan to reduce its post-sequester budget by $637 million.

The latest Washington snag is opposition from a Kansas senator who doesn't want FAA control towers at rural airports closed.

The quality of our food and ability to fly on an airplane without fear are at risk, among other things, under the automatic spending cuts.

The agency that grounded Boeing's 787 Dreamliner as it investigates battery malfunctions does not know when it will allow the plane to fly again.

Here’s some good news for the travel industry, bad news for you: It’s going to be the busiest holiday season in six years.

U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill is taking a stand against the FAA for aircraft passengers everywhere.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Travel Association urged the president and Congress to agree on a balanced approach to averting the fiscal cliff before year’s end.

Why do airlines make you turn off your electronics before takeoff and landing? Good question, says the FCC.

Tracking drones in the U.S. airspace has become much easier thanks to the interactive map constructed by the Electronic Frontier Federation (EFF) using data obtained from the Freedom of Information Act Lawsuit against the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

All trick and no treat, the Halloween Frankenstorm has led to flight delays at airports in Newark, N.J., Philadelphia, and New York.

The Iowa sir show crash in Davenport Saturday killed one veteran pilot, Glenn A. Smith, when he lost control of the Soviet-era jet he was flying. Video footage from spectators has been released, depicting a giant fireball emerging from a nearby field.

Why do airlines make you turn off your "portable electronic devices" before takeoff and landing? It's a question many have asked over the years, and, while the rule is clear, the answer is decidedly foggy.

A second United flight departing Newark in as many days has had to make an emergency landing Sunday morning.

Though he denies it today, presumptive Republican Party vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan?s primary economic and fiscal influence was Ayn Rand, an extremely conservative thinker whose flawed economic and social theories were only outdone in perniciousness by her utter disregard for society and the common good.

U.S. authorities said Tuesday they had halted for now a traffic-switching procedure at issue when three U.S. Airways flights came too close to one another over Washington's Reagan National Airport last week.

U.S. Airways said it will assist the federal officials in investigating a report which said that three commuter jets came close to within seconds of a midair collision at the Reagan National Airport on Tuesday, after air traffic controllers mistakenly cleared two outbound flights in the direction of another plane that was coming in to land.

Drones can save lives! Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or Conservation Drones will soon be used to save nature and protect endangered species in Nepal, after the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) successfully tested drones for monitoring activities in protected zones.