How Active Flow Control Could Redefine Aircraft Design. Since the dawn of aviation, almost every component of an aircraft has evolved. Rotating blades were replaced by turbines, t ...

To the average person, the idea of an aircraft flying without communicating with air traffic control may seem unimaginable.

Aviation experts worry that the recent government shutdown could make it hard for the U.S. to recruit a new generation of air ...

BARTOW, Fla. — The Polk County School District is hoping a new state-of-the-art program can help fill the need for air traffic controllers in the county and nationwide. The past few weeks have been ...

The Federal Aviation Administration has long struggled with a shortage of air traffic controllers and the recent government shutdown has only exacerbated the crisis. Controllers were forced to work ...

The problems with the nation’s air traffic control system have been spotlighted during the government shutdown, with controllers working without pay for almost a month and a half and hundreds calling ...

The agency is confronting staffing shortages caused by air traffic controllers, who are working unpaid, with some calling out of work during the shutdown. A display shows the status of flights at ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks at LaGuardia Airport in the Queens borough of New York City, Oct. 28. Duffy said on Wednesday that he would order a 10% cut in flights at 40 major airports, ...

Local airport officials may not know until Thursday whether the Federal Aviation Administration’s plan to reduce air traffic by 10 percent starting Friday morning will affect Harry Reid International ...

Airports in the New York City area are under traffic restrictions from federal regulators in part because of reduced staffing at multiple air-traffic control centers. The city’s Office of Emergency ...

New programs cannot turn out the numbers needed to make up for the controller shortfall. But they hope to have a higher success rate than the Federal Aviation Agency’s official academy. New programs ...

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association is warning that air traffic will be made less safe by the government shutdown, which forced air traffic controllers on Tuesday to miss their first ...