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FAA Removes Prohibitions Over Ethiopian Territory for US Planes

February 8, 2015TesfaNews2 Comments

By Emmanuel K. Dogbevi, 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 […]

FAA Issued Flight Prohibition and Advisory on Ethiopia

July 20, 2014July 25, 2014TesfaNews6 Comments

By TesfaNews, AFTER a Malaysian Passenger Jet Flight MH17 was shot down in eastern Ukraine on July 17, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) expanded an existing regulation that prohibited certain flights from operating in some regions. Accordingly, the FAA as of July 18 issued, among others, a Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 87 that prohibit against […]