Source: FAA The Federal Aviation Administration returned Mexico’s aviation safety rating to the highest level following more than two years of close work between the civil aviation authorities in both countries. With a return to Category 1 status, Mexico can add new service and routes to the U.S., and U.S. airlines can resume marketing and selling tickets with their names and designator codes on Mexican-operated flights. The FAA provided expertise and resources via technical assistance agreements to Mexico’s Agencia Federal de Aviacion Civil (AFAC) to resolve the safety issues that led to the downgrade. The agency sent a team of aviation safety experts multiple times over the last two years to assist with the work. The FAA downgraded Mexico’s International Aviation [...]

Source: TSA Ahead of what is projected to be another busy holiday travel period, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell and TSA Administrator David Pekoske joined together and distributed a new public service announcement (PSA) today, asking travelers to make a plan and be prepared before traveling. The PSA was distributed at federalized airports nationwide to be shown on airport security checkpoint monitors. To further emphasize the importance of travel preparedness, TSA and FEMA also hosted a press conference at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, where they officially unveiled the PSA. POOL FOOTAGE from today's press conference is available. Please contact fema-news-desk@fema.dhs.gov. In the video, Secretary Mayorkas, and Administrators Criswell and Pekoske encourage travelers to make [...]

Source: IATA The International Air Transport Association (IATA) Labelmaster, and Hazardous Cargo Bulletin today announced the results of their eighth annual 2023 Global Dangerous Goods Confidence Outlook. The survey results highlighted the need to reduce process complexity, establish effective staff recruitment and retention programs, and enhance digitalization to facilitate the safe and compliant transport of dangerous goods (DG) / hazardous materials (hazmat). "Ongoing supply chain disruptions along with the continued growth of e-commerce and markets that rely on DG – from consumer products to electric vehicles – has made shipping goods safely and compliantly increasingly difficult. While organizations showed improvement in their DG operations over the last year, the survey underscored the need to reduce process complexity and enhance digitalization [...]