With thousands of aircraft operating across the skies daily, harmonized radio spectrum usage is critical, says ITU's Nikolai ...

A shortage of air traffic controllers may have played a key role in ending the last government shutdown in 2019. Those controllers could be in a powerful position this year as well. Lawmakers in ...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued three ground stops at major U.S. airports Thursday evening due to staffing shortages—and unpaid air traffic controllers have told Forbes the volume ...

When you're aboard an airplane en route to your destination, you may assume only pilots are in control. In reality, air traffic controllers — not just pilots — play a critical role. According to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday that it was taking the extraordinary step of reducing air traffic by 10% across 40 “high-volume” markets beginning Friday ...

The union representing the nation's air traffic controllers is directing its members to keep working during the U.S. government shutdown now stretching into its second week, with the labor group ...

With air traffic controllers in the news lately, NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Emily Hanoka, a former controller who retired earlier this year, about the stresses and sacrifices involved in the work.

Senators are growing increasingly concerned that the mounting flight delays and air traffic controller absences could balloon to the level experienced during the 2019 government shutdown, with ...

WASHINGTON—Lawmakers failed to provide a last-minute reprieve for air-traffic controllers and other federal workers who are set to miss their next paychecks due to the government shutdown, with ...

For 13,000 air traffic controllers, Tuesday was the first day when they missed a full paycheck because of the government shutdown, which is now nearly a month long. Meanwhile, thousands of other ...

Some airlines are stepping in to help feed air traffic controllers and other unpaid federal aviation workers who missed their first full paycheck on Tuesday, Day 28 of the government shutdown.