The Puerto Rico Ports Authority received an additional grant of $24.2 million to develop the runway reconstruction project at the Rafael Hernández International Airport in Aguadilla, agency Executive Director Joel A. Pizá-Batiz announced. “This new grant is added to the historic $26 million grant announced last week. This is a very important achievement within the Ports […]
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration has issued an emergency order revoking the repair station certificate of Ecolift Corporation in San Juan. As a result, Ecolift has surrendered its certificate, the FAA said. The agency alleged that Ecolift repeatedly performed aircraft maintenance work that it was not authorized to perform, including: An altimeter […]
The Federal Aviation Administration approved Gov. Wanda Vázquez’s request to redirect air traffic on the island to control the entry of possible carriers of the coronavirus COVID-19 to Puerto Rico. “We’re grateful that the FAA has granted our request. This is historic as we are the first jurisdiction to receive tools from the federal air […]