An air-traffic control supervisor at the Philadelphia facility managing flights in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport blasted the FAA for management “akin to criminal negligence” after an equipment outage led to a temporary ground stop on ...

Delta CEO Ed Bastian also revealed that, due to aging air traffic control systems, it actually takes longer today to fly from Atlanta to LaGuardia than it did in the 1950s when the airline opened that route.

A group representing major U.S. airlines said it is imperative the Federal Aviation Administration accomplish some "quick wins" in the $12.5 billion overhaul of the aging air traffic control system, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Wednesday.

A federal government watchdog is sounding the alarm in a new report after cuts, “burnout, fatigue and low morale,” have caused the number of aviation meteorologists working with air traffic controllers to drop by 15%. As of June, the number of National ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A partial U.S. government shutdown next week would halt air traffic controller hiring and training and cost the U.S. travel sector $1 billion per week, an industry group said on Thursday. The U.S. Travel Association, which represents ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy plans to meet with the CEOs of major airlines on Wednesday on the government's $12.5 billion plan to overhaul the nation's aging air traffic control system, sources told Reuters. Sign up here.

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy is expanding the number of schools that can participate in a fast-tracked air traffic control training program, as the administration seeks more ways to address the nationwide air traffic controller shortage amid ...

As Air Force One journeyed from the US to the UK this week, it came within eight lateral miles of a Spirit Airlines flight heading up the East Coast from Fort Lauderdale to Boston. An alert air traffic controller in the New York control center reached out ...

Just like Easter, the official start of the summer air traffic control strike season is a moveable feast. Normally it is French workers who walk out en masse to scupper the travel plans of tens of thousands. But, rather like the start of the Tour de France ...

Air traffic controllers were not going to have a tragedy on their hands when they repeatedly sent orders to the pilots of Spirit Airlines flight 1300. According to audio from the interaction, the flight sharing the sky with Air Force One on Tuesday was ...