Aerotime

DECEMBER 31, 2024

On December 27, 2024, at around 16:30 local time, air traffic controllers instructed the chartered Embraer E135 jet, operated by Key Lime Air, to stop before crossing runway 24L at LAX, because Delta flight 471 was taking off from that runway at the time, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

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Air Traffic Control Jet Runway Airlines 274

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

A Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 rolled backward and away from its parking stand at Delhi Airport in India after its crew reportedly failed to set the parking brakes correctly. Flightradar24 Following the incident, Singapore Airlines released a statement giving further details about what had happened. “A

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Cabin Crew Air Traffic Control Airlines Airline 292

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) hired a total of 1,811 air traffic controllers for Fiscal Year 2024, exceeding its goal of 1,800. Although the target was exceeded by just 11, this marks significant progress in the FAA’s work to reverse the decades-long decline in air traffic controller staffing numbers.

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Air Traffic Control Weather Airlines Airline 302

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

On August 28, 2023, around 300,000 travelers faced swathes of cancellations when the air traffic control system that keeps the UK’s skies safe suffered a fault. The set of data came from the airline French Bee, which was operating a flight due to depart Los Angeles International Airport (LAS) for Paris Orly Airport (ORY).

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Air Traffic Control Flight Plan Airlines Airline 293

Aerotime

APRIL 30, 2025

Hundreds of flights were delayed or cancelled at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) because of telecommunications and equipment issues at an air traffic control center in Philadelphia. United Airlines, the largest carrier at EWR airport, alone diverted 35 flights to alternate airports.

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Air Traffic Control Runway Approach Airlines 266

Aerotime

JANUARY 6, 2025

Spanish carriers Iberia and Iberia Express have been named the most punctual airlines in Europe in 2024, taking the two highest rankings in an industrywide survey published for the year. Iberia has been among the most punctual airlines in Europe and in the top 10 worldwide for the last nine years.

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Airlines Airline Air Traffic Control Cabin Crew 281

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

NTSB has been provided updated information that shows the air traffic control tower display at DCA is fed by the Potomac TRACON. The TRACON fuses information from multiple radar sensors and ADS-B data, providing the best quality flight track data to air traffic control.

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Flying Magazine

APRIL 29, 2025

House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure would set aside $15 billion for the FAA to modernize air traffic control (ATC) systems. The collision, which killed 67 people , raised concerns about the integrity of the ATC system at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA) and air traffic congestion generally.

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Simple Flying

MARCH 30, 2025

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with acting Administrator Chris Rocheleau has announced a goal of hiring 2,000 more air traffic controllers around the United States of America.

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Air Traffic Control Airlines Airline 100

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The aircraft, operated by all-cargo airline Total Linhas Aereas was operating a domestic cargo flight from Vitoria to Sao Paulo when the crew received a cargo fire warning, forcing the emergency landing. A Boeing 737-400F has been destroyed after it caught fire in flight and was forced to make an emergency landing in Sao Paulo.

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Aerotime

JANUARY 15, 2025

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has begun an investigation into a midair incident involving a United Airlines Boeing 737-900ER and a Delta Air Lines Airbus A330-300. On approach the United Airlines aircraft was assigned runway 07R and the Delta jet was given clearance to land on runway 08.

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Simple Flying

MARCH 23, 2025

The new United States Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, is moving forward with a clear priority of modernizing the United States air traffic control system.

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Air Traffic Control Pilot Airlines Airline 100

Aerotime

OCTOBER 25, 2024

With air traffic continuing to soar in the post-pandemic era, airlines worldwide have embarked on recruiting the thousands of pilots needed to operate the multitude of new aircraft set to enter service during the coming years.

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Aerotime

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

As part of the industrial action, air traffic controllers walked out at 06:45 (local time) this morning, and joined thousands of other workers unhappy with the new federal governments plans to reform pensions and introduce new policies. AM to 10.15PM on 13/02. AM to 10.15PM on 13/02.

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Air Traffic Control Jet Airlines Airline 207

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Manchester Airport (MAN) located in the north of England, and Britains third busiest airport in terms of passenger throughput, is to be the UKs first major international airport to adopt a hybrid digital control tower as part of a project announced by the UKs National Air Traffic Control Service, or NATS.

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Air Traffic Control Approach Airlines Airline 218

Aerotime

JUNE 9, 2025

United Airlines has suspended Starlink Wi-Fi service on around two dozen of its regional Embraer aircraft due to issues with static radio interference. The airline spokesperson said this kind of radio interference often occurs when introducing new connectivity solutions.

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Air Traffic Control Airlines Airline Pilot 237

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

However, the crew stopped the climb at 6,000ft (1,829m) around four minutes after take-off and reported to air traffic controllers that the aircraft had struck a flock of birds on departure. The aircraft took off from runway 24 at Schiphol around 10:09 local time.

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Air Traffic Control Runway Approach Pilot 305

Aerotime

MAY 6, 2025

Air traffic controllers at the Philadelphia Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) have taken time off to recover from the stress of multiple recent outages at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced.

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Air Traffic Control Approach Airlines Airline 208

Aerotime

APRIL 25, 2025

On May 19, 2024, a United Airlines flight from Zurich to Chicago was diverted to Shannon Airport (SNN) in Ireland after a laptop became stuck beneath a business class seat. As with the recent Lufthansa flight, the United Airlines crew had been concerned about safety after they were unable to dislodge the laptop.

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Air Traffic Control Airlines Airline 233

Aerotime

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Two LATAM Airlines aircraft have sustained damage after being involved in a ground collision at Sao Paulo’s Congonhas Airport (CGH) in Brazil. The airline has stated that it is cooperating fully with the Aeronautical Accident Investigation and Prevention Center (Cenipa), which will be conducting a full investigation into the incident.

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Aerotime

JANUARY 6, 2025

The move comes despite the carrier being recently voted as one of the Best Airlines in 2024 as revealed by a survey conducted by US travel website WalletHub. Today’s action puts the airline industry on notice that we expect their flight schedules to reflect reality.

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Air Traffic Control Airlines Airline 278

Aerotime

JANUARY 23, 2025

The parent company of easyJet has revealed that the airline group managed to significantly improve its financial performance during the last three months of 2024, the first quarter of its current financial year (Q1). At the groups easyJet Holidays subsidiary, the package holiday arm made 43 million ($55.9) in profits, up 12 million ($15.6)

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Air Traffic Control Airlines Airline 254

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transport Safety Bureau (NTSB) in the US have launched an investigation following a ground collision involving a Japan Airlines (JAL) Boeing 787 Dreamliner and a Delta Air Lines Boeing 737 at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA). Aucun bless bord.

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Aerotime

MARCH 17, 2025

Passengers traveling with German budget airline Eurowings from Dsseldorf in Germany to Troms in Norway were left unimpressed after an eight-hour journey that saw them landing back at the German airport from where they had originally departed.

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Aerotime

JANUARY 21, 2025

At this point, some one hour and 15 minutes after departure and with the aircraft cruising at 37,000ft, the crew reported to air traffic controllers that they were experiencing a minor fuel indication issue.

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Air Traffic Control Runway Airlines Airline 281

Alaska Air

MAY 8, 2025

The post Alaska Air Group CEO, Ben Minicucci statement on DOT’s air traffic control action plan appeared first on Alaska Airlines News.

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Air Traffic Control Airlines Airline 66

Flying Magazine

MAY 19, 2025

billion in airport and air traffic control infrastructure projects over the next four years. A section in the 1,116-page bill, titled Air Traffic Control Staffing and Modernization, budgets for a variety of infrastructure improvements to be administered by the FAA head until September 30, 2029.

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Aerotime

APRIL 4, 2025

The recent search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been put on hold, 11 years after the Boeing 777 disappeared without a trace. On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 239 people vanished from air traffic control radars less than an hour into its six-hour flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

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Aerotime

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The National Transportation Safety Bureau (NTSB) Chair Jennifer Homendy has suggested at her latest briefing that the Black Hawk helicopter crew may have missed a key instruction from air traffic controllers (ATC) before the crash with an American Eagle flight.

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Simple Flying

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

United Airlines continues to be dissatisfied with the air traffic control situation at its primary hub at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR). The United States has been grappling with a shortage of ATC personnel, and some airports, like Newark, have been affected more than others.

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Air Traffic Control Airlines Airline 126

Simple Flying

MAY 24, 2025

Major airports in Houston, Texas are significantly short on air traffic controllers. This challenge comes as facilities across the nation grapple with both dated infrastructure and staffing shortages, which threaten to cause disruptions across airline operations.

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Air Traffic Control Airlines Airline 113

Aerotime

MARCH 6, 2025

A category two storm heading for the east coast of Australia has forced airports to close and airlines to cancel flights in preparation for up to 80 mph winds. In preparation for the storm multiple airports have gone into lockdown and airlines including Qantas and Virgin Australia have cancelled flights until March 9, 2025.

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Air Traffic Control Weather Flight Plan Airlines 213

Aerotime

MARCH 30, 2025

During takeoff, the Delta aircraft’s onboard alert system detected a nearby aircraft, prompting air traffic controllers to issue immediate corrective instructions to both planes, successfully averting a potential collision. The Delta flight continued its journey and landed safely in Minneapolis.

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Air Traffic Control Jet Runway Airlines 191

Aerotime

AUGUST 2, 2024

An American Airlines passenger has been sentenced to 19 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to interfering with flight crew members and flight attendants. Audio between the aircraft pilot and air traffic control also revealed that the convict attempted to enter the flight deck.

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Air Traffic Control Flight Deck Airlines Airline 281

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

A pilot operating Boeing 767s on global routes and a consultant leveraging his extensive aviation and technology expertise, Christian also holds a First-Class Honours degree in Air Transport Operations and a master’s in Blockchain. The British Airline Pilots Association ( BALPA ) has also voiced strong opposition to reduced crew operations.

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Aerotime

JULY 29, 2024

A United Airlines flight was forced to divert while it was in the air due to an onboard “biohazard” issue that affected the crew and left passengers in distress. A recording of the conversation between a pilot and an air traffic controller was shared on X (formerly Twitter).

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Air Traffic Control Airlines Airline Pilot 247

Simple Flying

MAY 1, 2025

On April 30, 3035, multiple major US-based airlines asked the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to extend cuts to minimum flight requirements at highly congested airports in the New York City area.

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Air Traffic Control Airlines Airline 109