Category: FAA

FAA removes prohibitions over Ethiopian territory for US planes

The United States Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has removed the prohibition that it placed on US carriers and commercial operators from overflying some parts of Ethiopia. The ban was placed in 2000 for north of 12 degrees north latitude during the Ethiopia and Eritrea border conflict, the FAA says. The removal of the ban was

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Ethiopia Passes FAA Safety Audit

By  ROBERT P. MARK January 28, 2014 The FAA notified Ethiopian aviation officials last week that their country had passed the agency’s five-day-long safety audit, allowing that African nation to retain its Category 1 safety status. The FAA allows foreign-carrier flights to the U.S. only from countries…

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