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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Thursday that it would aim to hire 8,900 air traffic controllers through 2028 as part of the Trump administration’s plan to “supercharge” recruitment and ...
From fatigue management to orchestrating 3.9 million aircraft movements annually, a vast, unseen operation keeps Australia’s ...
An air traffic control facility in charge of airspace around the airport has suffered three communications outages in two weeks, including a 90-second radar and communications blackout on Friday.
The Canadian Air Traffic Control Association (CATCA) is warning that staffing shortages, particularly at smaller regional and general aviation airports, is threatening airspace safety and flight ...
Air traffic controllers earn a baseline salary of between $133,000 and $194,000, said Kelly. Income can top $250,000 with overtime – in high demand at some airports amid the dearth of staff.
UK air traffic control operator says a “technical issue” is causing flight delays and that it's trying to fix it.
Air traffic controller shortage could disrupt summer travel, WestJet warns By Lasia Kretzel & Julia Foy Global News Posted June 28, 2025 10:46 am Updated June 30, 2025 4:08 pm ...
Staffing shortages at Canada’s air traffic control agency caused hundreds of weekend flights to be cancelled at the country’s two biggest airports. Toronto Pearson International Airport had a ...
BRUSSELS — French air traffic controllers are planning to walk off the job on Thursday and Friday, signaling a summer travel season that threatens to be plagued with delays. The core reason is the ...
Tens of thousands of passengers have had their travel plans disrupted after easyJet cancelled 274 flights and Ryanair axed 170 today and tomorrow due to French air traffic control strikes.
An effort to privatize U.S. air traffic control in 2017 never took off. Now the aviation industry is uniting behind the Trump administration's plan to overhaul the system.
Out of 138 U.S. air traffic control systems, a 2023 operational risk assessment from the FAA deemed 51, or 37%, to be unsustainable. Another 54, or 39%, were potentially unsustainable.