Air Traffic Control

An independent report flagged four general areas as places to target to make U.S. airspace safer and more efficient.

Airlines operating in France will have to cancel thousands of flights early in 2024 because of a planned major modernization of the country’s ATC system.

Closing gaps in the available staff versus system demand will take years due to several limiting factors.

Tune in to hear Aviation Week editors analyze air traffic control failures and how new tech could help resolve future problems.

Listen in as editors discuss the initial findings of a NATS report into the “one-in-15 million” event that caused UK air travel chaos.

A preliminary NATS investigation into the Aug. 28 meltdown has traced the problem to a flight plan processing sub-system.

The Jacksonville facility is one of 20 en route FAA ATC centers in the U.S.

Programs are adapting to prepare students to work the advanced air mobility industry as engineers, air traffic controllers, pilots and more.

UK air navigation service provider NATS plans to establish a new back-up air traffic control tower for London’s Heathrow airport.

It was a rocky start to summer for U.S. airlines and travelers, with weather and system constraints testing operational resilience plans.

U.S. airlines are now entering the much-anticipated post-pandemic summer of high demand.

For safe operations, all hands need to be on deck.

FAA says it is retiring less efficient air traffic control flight paths dependent on ground radar.

Runway construction at Las Vegas’ airport is triggering significant delays for operators, creating headwinds for Spirit, the facility’s second-largest operator.

Eurocontrol member states have established a voluntary solidarity fund of $50 million.

Reopening Ukraine’s airspace to commercial traffic any time soon sounds far-fetched but Eurocontrol is putting a plan in place for when the day comes.

ACI World and CANSO will work on a program to increase capacity in the air transport sector.

The Spanish government faces union opposition in Europe over willingness to carry on with the privatization of air traffic control services at airports.

Controllers may expect automation to revolutionize their jobs, just as it has revolutionized cockpits, an air traffic management expert says.

Incursions and other close calls trigger proactive move to flag safety risks.

While the probe is in its early stages, nothing so far points to clear errors by anyone involved.

The true nature of the UK aviation industry cannot be visualised more clearly than in this video produced this week by air traffic service provider NATS, effectively a guided tour to some of what makes UK aviation work.