Air Traffic Management

2 stories tagged air traffic management.

Air traffic controllers coordinating flights amid busy London TRACON radar screens at night.

Controllers' high sick rates worsened Northeast flight disruptions amid thunderstorms

Nearly 11,000 flights were delayed or canceled Friday as thunderstorms hammered the Northeast and air traffic control staffing problems made recovery harder. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy blamed controllers calling out sick, but FAA advisories throughout the day suggest weather was the primary driver, with staffing constraints becoming a compounding problem rather than the whole story.

5 Of The Most Congested Pieces Of Airspace In The World And Why Delays There Spread Globally

AirlinesJul 12, 7:00 PM

Tokyo, Ganja, Gulf Among World's Most Congested Airspaces Impacting Global Aviation

The world's busiest airports often dominate aviation statistics , but many of the biggest bottlenecks in commercial aviation are found not on the ground but in the air. Every day, hundreds of thousands of passengers pass through a handful of critical air corridors where dozens of airlines, multiple air traffic control authorities, and flights from every continent converge. When everything runs smoothly, these invisible highways keep global aviation moving. When they do not, delays can quickly spread across continents.

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