On Tuesday, the Federal Aviation Administration said it would be fining Southwest Airlines over $300,000 in penalties, citing two alleged violations of federal aviation regulations that occurred in ...

Nine major U.S. airlines are farming out aircraft maintenance at twice the rate of four years ago and now hire outside contractors for more than 70 percent of major work, the government says.

WASHINGTON, July 31 (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration has failed to resolve persistent issues with SkyWest Airlines' (SKYW.O), opens new tab maintenance practices that its inspectors ...

Outsourcing maintenance is great until it isn't. The FAA has proposed a $12 million dollar fine to Southwest Airlines for continuing to operate more 44 aircraft on more than 20 flights after being ...

The new maintenance logistics contract covers depot-level maintenance services for the FAA’s fleet of Beechcraft Model ...

The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) has criticized the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) failure to sufficiently resolve its oversight of SkyWest's maintenance practices. A DOT ...

Nine U.S. airlines outsourced more than 70 percent of their major aircraft maintenance last year, and federal aviation officials' oversight of repair facilities is lagging, according to a government ...

The FAA is supposed to regulate the airlines, and not serve as a booster, a role it takes on at times. These revelations about the FAA and US Airways, coming after the FAA's slow-to-react role in the ...