Allyson Versprille
Aviation Regulation Reporter at Bloomberg News
Reporter covering aviation regulation for Bloomberg @Business. Formerly @crypto, @tax, @NationalDefense. #UVA grad, #Steelers fan ▪ Retweets ≠ endorsements
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2 days ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | Allyson Versprille
An American Airlines Airbus A319 airplane takes off past the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va., on Jan. 11, 2023. Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images May 12, 2025, 7:11 PM UTC Allyson Versprille Bloomberg NewsUS aviation safety regulators formed an emergency task force to address technology breakdowns that briefly blinded air traffic controllers guiding planes in and out of Newark airport in recent weeks.
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2 days ago |
bloomberg.com | Allyson Versprille
The FAA Air Traffic Control tower at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey. (Bloomberg) -- US aviation safety regulators formed an emergency task force to address technology breakdowns that briefly blinded air traffic controllers guiding planes in and out of Newark airport in recent weeks. Federal Aviation Administration personnel will be joined by experts from Verizon Communications Inc. and L3Harris Technologies Inc.
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5 days ago |
southfloridareporter.com | Mary Schlangenstein |Allyson Versprille
Airlines and US aviation officials plan to meet on further flight cutbacks at Newark airport following multiple breakdowns in radar systems, according to people familiar with the matter. The plan currently under consideration would encourage carriers to voluntarily decrease the number of flights for a limited period at the transportation hub outside New York City, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing private deliberations.
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5 days ago |
bloomberg.com | Mary Schlangenstein |Allyson Versprille
Passenger aircraft operated by United Airlines Holdings Inc. at Newark airport. Photographer: Bing Guan/Bloomberg(Bloomberg) -- Airlines and aviation officials plan to meet on May 14 to discuss further flight cutbacks at Newark airport following multiple breakdowns in radar systems. The Federal Aviation Administration announced the meeting late Friday on X, confirming an earlier Bloomberg News report.
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6 days ago |
chicagobusiness.com | Allyson Versprille |Siddharth Philip
US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called for the construction of six new air traffic control centers and the replacement of more than 600 radars in a broad proposal to overhaul the country’s aging system that manages some 45,000 flights each day. More than a dozen airport towers would be revamped and the agency’s telecommunications network would be replaced with new fiber, wireless and satellite systems over the next three years under the plan, the department said in a statement.
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.@SecDuffy also comments on the DCA incident, says he plans to talk to DoD
Unacceptable. Our helicopter restrictions around DCA are crystal clear. In addition to investigations from @NTSB and @FAANews, I’ll be talking to the @DeptofDefense to ask why the hell our rules were disregarded. Safety must ALWAYS come first. We just lost 67 souls! No more
