
Department of Transportation (DOT) has revoked Airbahn’s AOC due to lack of progress in the final process.
The DOT gave the following reasons for this decision:
- Airbahn has been in Phase 3 of FAA certification for over three years
- Airbahn isn’t close completing safety certifications
- Based on how long it has been, Airbahn employees already require recurrent training without the company having operated a single flight

As previously reported, Airbahn is a private prospective airline based at Irvine, CA and plans to operate within and between destinations in Western USA.
The upstart had big plans:
https://twitter.com/Airbahninc/status/1499084370837221376?s=20&t=bEUg_cPq-a6iZOoaD8oxpg