Summary
- FAA denies United Airlines expansion approval despite earlier claims by the carrier to its employees.
- FAA mandates its personnel be present during United’s aircraft inspections.
- United faces increased scrutiny and ongoing review by FAA following safety incidents.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has denied it has given approval for United Airlines to expand its network and fleet again, despite the airline apparently claiming it was free to do so earlier this week. Additionally, the FAA will mandate that its personnel are present when United carries out inspections of newly delivered aircraft.
FAA denies United certification approval
On Thursday, Simple Flying reported on United Airlines claiming that it was cleared by the FAA to launch new routes and certify aircraft, which the carrier revealed in a memo to employees. In the memo, the airline shared the “good news” that the FAA Certificate Management Office had allowed it to “begin the…
