The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has given United Airlines the green light to restart new aircraft certification and to launch new routes in a major step forward for the carrier.
United Airlines Will Restart Certification Activities, Including New Aircraft And Routes
In March, after a string of unrelated maintenance-related incidents made headlines around the world, the FAA decided to take “an even closer look at multiple areas” of United’s operations. In a memo to employees at the time, United suggested a “variety” of certification activities would be suspended for an unspecified period of time:
As part of this effort, the FAA will also pause a variety of certification activities for a period of time. Those activities will differ depending on the work group and we will learn more from the FAA about that soon.
It was later revealed that the pause of certification activities included new aircraft deliveries and new routes.
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