Air Traffic Management

Aviation Week Staff
The strike occurred at about 8:00 a.m. local time and was part of a large air attack from Ukraine.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick, Karen Walker, Bill Carey
The sweeping U.S. air traffic infrastructure upgrade is expected to improve system reliability and stability, but how much more efficient will it become?
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford outlined a vision for improved air traffic management at an April event in Washington.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
How to increase capacity while reducing aviation’s environmental footprint may be among the most discussed matters at Airspace World in Lisbon May 26-28.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
DSNA is gearing up to offer free route airspace at or above 19,500 ft. (Flight Level 195 or FL195) over the country’s entire territory in 2028.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
Uncertainty remains over whether Congress will provide the $20 billion additional funding needed to install new software technology across the system.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
Spain’s Indra Group formally opened a new facility in Olathe, Kansas, on April 20.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
The FAA has kept the nation’s complex air traffic management system safe for decades despite antiquated equipment and a shortage of controllers.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
AAM must figure out how to safely integrate eVTOL traffic with an ATC system that is not designed for high-density, low-altitude operations.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
The prospects of building a “Brand New Air Traffic Control System” during the Trump administration appear to have cooled.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
Airlines and airports must implement more robust crisis management and traffic management programs and systems.
Airports & Networks

By Sean Broderick
Growth across all aviation sectors contributes to elevated risk in terminal-area airspace and requires a multi-pronged approach to ensure safety, FSF says.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
Eurocontrol has been chosen to lead six projects aimed at greening and digitalizing air transport.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
Speaking in Singapore, FAA Administrator Brian Bedford said it was now down to his agency to execute on U.S. air traffic management modernization.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
CANSO president and CEO Simon Hocquard spoke at the Changi Aviation Summit on the need for air traffic management to become less reactive and more strategic.
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued a Conflict Zone Information Bulletin warning airlines should avoid Iranian airspace.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
The UK’s main air traffic control provider, NATS, is pressing ahead with efforts to modernize air routes over Scotland, with the aim of increasing efficiencies.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Guy Norris
Boeing’s latest ecoDemonstrator Explorer, a United Airlines-owned 737-8, successfully conducted flight tests in Europe and the U.S.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
The controller would transition to a supervisory role, no longer dealing with routine operations such as frequency changes, automation promoters say.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
While advanced cockpit automation has been running out of steam in Europe, ATC centers may introduce greater automation in the coming decades.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
SITA has successfully completed the proof-of-concept phase of an improved thunderstorm forecast tool for air traffic controllers, the company said.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
The EU’s investment in air traffic management is money well spent, a Sesar executive says.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
Air traffic controllers make insufficient use of short written messages to communicate with pilots, despite the maturity of the technology, Eurocontrol says.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
The money the EU has spent on improving air traffic management via its SESAR project has limited delays and saved CO2 emissions, an exec from the project claims
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Aviation Week Network Staff
On Nov. 7, temporary flight reductions went into effect at 40 high traffic airports across the U.S.
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