FAA chief says air traffic control towers will "never" reach full staffing under current system, calling it "chronically ...

Saudi Arabia is accelerating digital transformation in aviation as virtual air traffic control towers enter live operations, ...

"I think by opening up air traffic control, we get more entrepreneurs in and more innovation," said Chris Edwards.

The FAA admits the workforce has been hit hard by a 2013 hiring freeze, the 2019 government shutdown and COVID-19 delays.

The government shutdown highlighted a fragile link in the nation's aviation system: finding enough air traffic controllers to keep flights on schedule. The 43-day closure, during which controllers ...

Air traffic controller staffing shortages worsened over the weekend as the nation's government shutdown hit its fourth week, leading to delays and anxiety, and experts say it won't get better until ...

Earlier this year — two days after the worst aviation disaster in decades in America — the air traffic controller involved was interviewed for nearly three and a half hours by government investigators ...

Aircraft ground movements, from landing to takeoff, are a meticulously choreographed process governed by air traffic control and technology. Pilots follow standardized taxi routes, guided by visual ...

Four days into the government shutdown, Jack Criss, an air traffic control specialist at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, assumed a second role — driving for DoorDash. “My financial obligations ...

Air traffic controllers say the Federal Aviation Administration’s plan to trim flight schedules by up to 10% during the government shutdown doesn’t go nearly far enough to ease the crushing workload ...