Tag: air traffic control
NEWS Sep 22, 2026 FAA Equipment Outage Grounds Flights at Newark, JFK and Philadelphia Airports An FAA air traffic control equipment outage triggered ground stops at Newark, JFK and Philadelphia airports, causing widespread flight delays. Read More →
NEWS Sep 18, 2026 One-Millisecond Software Defect Identified as Cause of UK Air Traffic Control Collapse That Grounded Thousands of Flights A new NATS report reveals a one-millisecond software defect triggered the UK air traffic control failure, causing thousands of cancellations. Read More →
INFORMATIONAL Sep 14, 2026 Why Do Some Flights Take Longer Than Others on the Same Route? Why do some flights take longer than others on the same route? From jet streams and seasonal winds to ATC congestion, great-circle routing, and airline schedule padding, several factors influence flight duration. Here's how flight paths, weather, and air traffic control affect your journey. Read More →
NEWS Aug 27, 2026 FAA Moves to Fire LaGuardia Air Traffic Controllers Who Left Shifts Early Before Deadly Crash The Federal Aviation Administration is taking steps to terminate air traffic controllers at LaGuardia Airport who departed their posts early before a fatal crash. Read More →
NEWS Aug 17, 2026 Runway Incursion at São Paulo Guarulhos: American and Delta Jets Cross Path of LATAM A320 Beginning Takeoff Roll A serious runway incursion at São Paulo Guarulhos Airport involved a LATAM A320 starting takeoff without clearance as American and Delta jets crossed. Read More →
NEWS Aug 06, 2026 Silk Way West 747-8 Diverts to Dallas After Houston Mix-Up, Declares Fuel Emergency A Silk Way West Boeing 747-8 cargo jet flew to Dallas instead of Houston, then declared a fuel emergency with just 30 minutes of fuel remaining. Read More →
NEWS Jul 07, 2026 FAA Selects L3Harris to Overhaul Aging Air Traffic Surveillance Network The FAA has awarded L3Harris a contract to modernize its national surveillance system, replacing decades-old infrastructure that tracks aircraft across US airspace. Read More →
NEWS Jun 30, 2026 Delta CEO Ed Bastian Points to Congested Air Traffic Control as Airfares Climb More Than 20% Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian suggests an overburdened air traffic control system may provide some explanation for driving domestic airfares up by more than 20% this year. Read More →
NEWS Jun 17, 2026 Reagan National Airport to Halt All Flights After Noon on July 4th for America 250 Celebration Reagan National Airport will ground all flights from noon to 7 p.m. on July 4, 2026, for America 250 festivities. Here's what travelers need to know. Read More →
NEWS Apr 22, 2026 The US Is Building an AI Brain for Its Skies, and the Man in Charge Says Controllers Have Nothing to Fear The United States federal government has placed artificial intelligence at the heart of its most ambitious aviation modernisation programme in a generation, and the official leading that effort has used his most unambiguous language yet to silence fears that AI will one day make air traffic controllers obsolete. Read More →