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It will take $31.5 billion to build a brand-new air traffic control system for the country, Department of Transportation ...
Lawmakers are talking about an estimated $30.5 billion “wish list” circulating on Capitol Hill to overhaul the nation’s aging ...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Wednesday will detail the Trump administration's plans to overhaul the aging U.S.
Facing a severe shortage, the FAA is racing to hire thousands of air traffic controllers. But training them can take years. We visit a school in Florida that's trying to get them on the job faster.
Air traffic control towers are under-staffed and under-funded. Here's why that's been so difficult for Washington to solve.
But, how does our air traffic control system work? How do air traffic controllers keep track of all of the planes in the sky? And what happens when systems fail? Michael McCormick, a former air ...
The fragile state of the U.S. air traffic control system was easy to see during the recent outages in Newark. But it will be a lot harder to make up for decades of underinvestment and other mistakes.
Delta CEO Ed Bastian said air traffic control systems in the U.S. are so antiquated it actually takes longer to fly certain routes today than it did in the 1950s. Transportation Secretary Sean ...
Nearly 80 flights have been cancelled and more than 40 delayed at Newark Liberty International Airport after yet another an equipment outage brought more chaos to the NYC-area hub.
Business Air traffic control overhaul to improve safety, fix delays, Delta CEO says Delta says it hasn’t been able to ‘fly the schedule that we’d like’ because of FAA staffing constraints.
Plans for a new air traffic control system were announced Thursday by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.
As urban populations expand and travel needs change, traditional traffic systems are struggling to keep pace. Congestion, safety concerns, and limited mobility options are pressing challenges that ...