FAA Revises US East Coast Flight Routes to Trim Travel Times
- FAA announces 169 new high-altitude routes for efficiency
- Agency worked with industry for more than seven years
Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg
US aviation regulators are rerouting how jets traverse the East Coast in an attempt to shave thousands of miles off trips annually.
The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday announced it has created 169 new high-altitude flight routes that minimize the zig-zag pathways that have been used for decades.