FAA touts system created to fight delays
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Federal officials showcased an experimental air traffic control system that would let pilots see other nearby planes and help prevent gridlock in the skies.
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The failure on Friday of a computer system used to help track airplanes flying across the U.S. led to delays and cancelled flights -- and federal officials still aren't sure what went wrong.
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[Technology India]: Washington, Dec 7 : Scientists are now developing a new aircraft scheduling system using computer models which, would not only make air travel safer but would also curb the pollution.
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The FAA and the FCC are launching new reviews that could soon end the current ban on in-flight use. And not everyone is happy. Executives who need to be accessible 24 hours a day may soon lose their last bastion of privacy: flight time.
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President Bush publicly directed his transportation secretary today to take steps to reduce delays in the nationâs airspace, beginning in New York.
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The US continues to work to ease airspace congestion, the head of the FAA told reporters at a Monitor breakfast Wednesday. On Thursday, the FAA is expected to award a contract for a new air traffic control system.
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A cascading computer failure in the nation's air-traffic control system caused severe flight delays and some cancellations Friday along the East Coast.
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With a deadline looming, the government has yet to come up with guidelines for commercial airports that want to replace federal baggage and passenger screeners with privately employed workers.
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An antiquated flight-plan computer system overdue for replacement was largely to blame for lengthy air-travel delays on the East Coast last week, critics say.
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Time on the tarmac has been underreported, a federal agency admits, as the summer travel season reaches crunch time
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A new airport security system relies on human judgment
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Federal aviation officials expect on Monday to begin introducing a proposal to finance a new air-traffic control system that they say will be needed to keep pace with increasing air travel over the next two decades.
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Federal Aviation Administration's high tech system will use GPS and satellite signals to let more aircraft take to the sky more safely.
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Aviation executives are sharing a list of steps they can take to make passengersâ lives a easier the next time a blizzard or another event strands planes on the ground.
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Federal transportation officials are considering controversial solutions for overcrowding at airports, including auctioning landing spots to airlines for the first time, to prevent
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The government has set up a hotline to register complaints about flight disruptions that occurred over the Christmas holiday weekend, the Transportation Department's inspector general said on Friday.
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The FAA says its failure to do routine maintenance caused the shutdown of a critical air traffic communications system that delayed dozens of flights in the Bay Area.