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    US lowers flight cuts following end of government shutdown

    2025-11-17T12:39:00Z

    Federal Aviation Administration narrows flight capacity reductions from planned 10% to 3% at 40 airports as air traffic controller staffing improves

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    Western Global gains approval for freighter fleet expansion

    2021-12-20T16:32:37Z

    Freighter operator Western Global Airlines will have restrictions on the size of its freighter fleet removed by the US Department of Transportation (DoT).The airline's fleet was restricted following its launch in 2014 in line with the usual DoT practice of closely monitoring new carriers during the first five years of ...

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    FedEx and DoT hit out at Hong Kong quarantine rules

    2021-03-18T16:38:56Z

    The US Department of Transport (DoT) may limit flights by the Cathay Pacific Group airlines in response to the latest Hong Kong's quarantine rules, saying they disproportionately affect US carriers.The new quarantine rules require that all Hong Kong-based crews quarantine for two or three weeks when returning from an international ...

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    Transcarga application for Venezuela-US flights rejected

    2019-08-07T14:40:02Z

    Transcarga International Airways attempt to circumnavigate a US ban on flights to and from Venezuela has been rejected.On May 5, the US Department of Transportation (DoT) issued an order banning all US and foreign carriers from providing services to and from the South American country, at the request of the ...