FAA

Several countries have privatized air traffic control. Should the U.S.?

5:00am June 27, 2025

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.

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Senators grill Trump's FAA nominee over past effort to alter pilot certification rule

4:26pm June 11, 2025

Republic Airways CEO Bryan Bedford was tapped in March to helm the agency. It's critical time for U.S. air travel, following a deadly January collision and ongoing air traffic control system problems.

Staffing Shortages And Technology Issues Cause Week-Long Delays At Newark Airport

National

'No more floppy disks': Air traffic control overhaul faces some daunting obstacles

5:00am June 06, 2025

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.

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Carrots, death rays and passing ships. This is the origin story of the word radar

4:00pm May 14, 2025

The nation's aviation infrastructure is again under scrutiny, following a series of paralyzing communications and radar outages at some of the country's busiest airports. Here is a look at the scientific origins of radar.

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As few as 3 radar controllers monitored Newark's airspace Monday night, FAA says

5:19pm May 13, 2025

At times Monday evening, as few as three air traffic controllers per hour were lined up to monitor via radar the planes flying into and out of the airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

Transportation Secretary Duffy Announces New Air Traffic Control Infrastructure Plan

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Trump administration unveils a plan to modernize the air traffic control system

4:21pm May 08, 2025

The transportation secretary announced a far-reaching plan to drastically overhaul the current technology used by thousands of controllers responsible for guiding planes in and out of airports.

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How archaic tech, staff shortages and construction made a meltdown at Newark Airport

4:12am May 07, 2025

by A Martínez

Hundreds of flights were canceled at Newark as air traffic controller shortages, old tech and construction collided. The Department of Transportation a major fix.

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What is happening at Newark Airport? This and other questions answered

9:29pm May 06, 2025

Hundreds of flight delays and cancellations at Newark's airport over the past several days are giving passengers headaches and spurring promises to improve the nation's air traffic control system.

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A single-engine plane crashes near a Pennsylvania airport, injuring 5 passengers

5:42am March 10, 2025

The crash happened around 3 p.m. Sunday just south of Lancaster Airport in Manheim Township. All five victims were taken to hospitals. Nobody on the ground was hurt.

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Southwest 737 and small business jet have 'near collision' at Chicago Midway Airport

7:45pm February 25, 2025

Federal authorities are investigating a near-collision at Chicago's Midway airport between a Southwest 737 and a small business jet. The 737 was landing when the business jet entered the runway.

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