air traffic control

Aviation experts are raising serious national security concerns about ensuring the U.S. government properly vets risks from companies that provide air traffic control (ATC) technologies to China, pointing out that the U.S. could be vulnerable to cyberattacks if such companies are permitted to design or operate American ATC systems like the new common automation platform.

A firework hit a Delta Air Lines flight on the Fourth of July in Chicago, and the plane was taken out of service for inspection as a safety precaution. 

A Frontier Airlines flight fatally struck a person walking on a Denver airport runway Friday night, igniting an engine fire and forcing passengers to evacuate on emergency slides.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “The Bottom Line,” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) argued that the TSA should have been set up to be privately contracted so that there would not be disruptions like the current one that

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem handed out $10,000 bonus checks to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents who exhibited “exemplary service” while working without pay during the government shutdown on Thursday.

During a portion of an interview aired on Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” President Donald Trump said that he isn’t worried that his criticism of air traffic controllers who haven’t worked during the government shutdown because

President Donald Trump is recommending air traffic controllers who remained at their posts during the Democrat government shutdown be rewarded.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy during a Breitbart News policy event on Friday said that the Big Beautiful Bill upgrades America’s “atrocious” air traffic control (ATC) system.

Flight numbers will continue to be reduced, and the only way to fix it is Democrats opening the “damn government,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said during a discussion with Breitbart News Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle.

Reductions in air travel will be made at 40 “high-volume” airports around the country on Friday if the government shutdown does not end, Department of Transportation (DOT) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials announced Wednesday.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned that if the government shutdown continues next week, “certain parts of the airspace” may be closed.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) halted flights at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey due to staffing shortages of air traffic controllers as the government shutdown continues, according to multiple reports.

Several pilot unions and associations have issued statements calling for the passage of a clean continuing resolution (CR) in order to reopen the government and end the ongoing shutdown.

President Donald Trump again called on Democrats to fund the government on Monday, Day 26 of the government shutdown.

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) and Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA) appeared together in Washington, D.C., Thursday calling for an end to the government shutdown, emphasizing its growing impact on Pennsylvania families, workers, and federal employees.

Seventy-one percent of Americans back President Donald Trump’s plan to modernize the air traffic control system, according to a poll obtained by Breitbart News.

Monday evening flights into multiple major cities were delayed as the government shutdown continued, just hours after the Department of Transportation (DOT) warned that the funding halt has led to stressed-out air traffic controllers calling out sick as they wait to get paid again.

Technical issue grounded and diverted flights in Britain on Wednesday before engineers were able to restore the system.

A technical issue briefly caused flight delays in Britain on Wednesday before engineers were able to restore the system, the air traffic control operator said.

The Trump Administration’s FAA has announced plans to overhaul outdated air traffic control (ATC) systems, which currently rely on floppy disks and Windows 95 operating systems to keep America’s airports running safely and efficiently. Recent high profile failures make it clear that relying on old systems is no longer an option.

France’s civil aviation authority asked airlines to reduce flights by 40% at Paris-Orly airport on Sunday evening after air traffic control systems suffered a breakdown.

Denver International Airport lost communication with pilots accessing its air traffic control system for almost 90 seconds on Monday. Equipment failures were blamed for a fault that could have led to catastrophic outcomes.