07:42 AM EDT, 03/25/2024 (MT Newswires) -- United Airlines (UAL) may face increased scrutiny by regulators worried about recent safety lapses, news outlets reported Monday, citing unnamed sources.

The Federal Aviation Administration is discussing the possibility of blocking the airline from adding new routes and barred from seating customers on its new aircraft, Bloomberg cited sources as saying.

The aviation industry regulator has already suspended the United's ability to allow pilots trained on one airplane from flying others, Bloomberg reported, citing sources.

The FAA will evaluate some of United's processes, manuals and facilities in the coming weeks, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing a memo from Sasha Johnson, United's vice president of corporate safety.

The FAA planned to pause "a variety of certification activities for a period of time," Johnson told employees in the memo, according to the Journal.

Neither the FAA nor United immediately replied to MT Newswires' requests for comment.

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