“People are now paying attention," he said. “They put more airplanes in the sky than the system can absorb, and what’s happened is we've reached a tipping point. We have so much volume, and we have ...

Further, he asked for lawmakers to cut red tape so modern technologies could be introduced into air traffic control towers more quickly. Left unsaid is how to ensure those improvements are made ...

Plans for a new air traffic control system were announced Thursday by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy amid a spotlight on ...

US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called for the construction of six new air traffic control centers and the replacement ...

US Proposes Building New Air Traffic Control Towers, Radar Systems WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Thursday called on Congress to provide billions of dollars to ...

computers and radios in the nation’s air traffic control towers has lagged since 1999. In 2024, federal spending on airport operations was $12.7 billion, four times higher than $3.1 billion ...

The air traffic controllers directing planes into the Newark, New Jersey, airport briefly lost their radar Friday morning for ...