At the end of April, air traffic control radar surveillance and radio communication systems at Newark Liberty International Airport went dark for over a minute. A week and half later, radar went down ...

Delta CEO Ed Bastian said air traffic control systems in the U.S. are so antiquated it actually takes longer to fly certain routes today than it did in the 1950s.Transportation Secretary Sean ...

Billions of taxpayer dollars have gone to internet upgrades, yet air traffic control systems remain stuck in the age of copper lines. Airlines for America (A4A) is leading the charge for ...

Air traffic controllers at Newark Liberty International Airport were without radar for around a minute and a half Friday morning, leaving staffers without critical safety systems at the nation’s ...

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.

"You can't destroy the air traffic control system in 100 days," Duffy said. "It’s been aging over the course of decades. The last administration did nothing.". When it comes to managing the new ...

An air traffic controller who works the airspace around Newark, N.J. talks about what it was like to lose radar and communication systems during a shift, and how the situation got to be so bad.

Item 1 of 2 A plane docks on the tarmac after an air traffic control outage, bringing flights to a standstill at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., May 12, 2025.

A 2023 FAA Inspector General report showed 20 of 26 critical air traffic control facilities are staffed below the agency’s 85% threshold, with New York’s Terminal Radar Approach Control at 54%.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Tuesday the FAA is searching for "top innovators" to lead the rebuilding of the nation's "antiquated" air traffic control system.

Air traffic control system must be fixed to avoid problems like Newark Airport, Duffy says Duffy emphasized that the Newark radar outages and air traffic control shortage are a prime example of ...

Opinion SEC SEAN DUFFY: 'One, big, beautiful bill' is down payment on a new, much-needed air traffic control system Major airlines and over 50 aviation organizations back initiative to replace ...