Dozens of controllers have departed the U.S. to take jobs overseeing air-traffic in Australia; ‘everybody knows about it.’ ...

When air traffic outpaces infrastructure, smart fixes matter. See how a US airport’s container-built control tower offers a ...

Concerns among pilots about possible mid-air collisions are spilling over in Australia as a shortage of air traffic controllers leaves airport towers unmanned, forcing passenger jets to fend for ...

Sydney Airport came close to completely shutting down take-offs on the afternoon of Friday September 12, when staff illness, on top of longstanding shortages left only a skeleton crew of air traffic ...

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The current Trump administration is again focused on reforming air traffic control, following a recent spate of technical outages and staffing shortages as well as the January midair collision between ...

A loss of separation between two Qantas Boeing 737-800s at Sydney airport stemmed from one aircraft’s slightly delayed departure and a tardy go-around call-out from air traffic control, Australian ...

The FAA is a mess. Annexing our neighbors to the north, as Trump favors, looks like a longshot. But we could adopt its privatized air traffic control system. Last month, to rally support for a massive ...