Air Traffic Control
8 stories tracked · from 40 outlets · last coverage 2026-11-15 · ranked by independent sources, not by us
Speaker Johnson backs air traffic control funding boost after groundstop
The Washington Times reports that House Speaker Mike Johnson said Saturday that the Republican-controlled Congress will seek funding to update air traffic control systems. His comments followed a nationwide grounding of flights.
Delta CEO says air traffic control systems are so outdated that some commercial flight routes were faster in the 1950s than they are today
Pilot, air traffic controller react to national ground stop
Air traffic control, phone systems and emails are all down following China’s AI espionage scandal — is there a common answer?
Fortune's piece points to outages in air traffic control, phone systems and email following what it calls China's AI espionage scandal, and asks whether they share a common cause. The piece argues that the degradation of national security is real and that the country deserves more transparent answers than it has received so far.
Update to network connecting air traffic control system led to outage before ground stop, sources ay
CBS News reports, citing multiple sources, that an update to the private communications network connecting America's air traffic control system caused the system to reboot, which led to a crash and a communications outage before a ground stop. Lindsey Reiser anchors the outlet's continuing coverage.
US lifts nationwide ground stop for airports hours after halting all departures
The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday ordered a nationwide ground stop on departing flights at all U.S. airports "due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety," saying departing traffic should remain grounded until further notice. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the stop followed a communication issue affecting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers and that technicians were investigating.
Air traffic control boss says he was ‘most disliked person in the UK’ after flight chaos
The head of Nats, the UK air traffic control provider, said he was "the most disliked person in the UK" after its systems failed twice in September and disrupted flights for hundreds of thousands of passengers, according to The Guardian. He also said he "quite enjoyed" ignoring calls from Ryanair's chief executive for him to resign over the outages.