A sign in the window of the control tower at Ronald Reagan National Airport on Nov. 8, during the government shutdown. (Peter W. Stevenson/The Washington Post) Americans flying home for Thanksgiving ...

The problems with the nation’s air traffic control system have been spotlighted during the government shutdown, with controllers working without pay for almost a month and a half and hundreds calling ...

DENVER ‒ They sit inside darkened facilities or lofty towers, surrounded by aging computers, speaking in clipped and cryptic phrases. And the slips of paper they pass between each other represent the ...

WASHINGTON — Flight disruptions are likely to continue even after the government reopens, airlines and aviation regulators warned, as airlines cancelled scores of flights on Tuesday. The Federal ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Sunday that “15 to 20” air traffic controllers are retiring daily amid the government shutdown. “I used to have about four controllers retire a day before the ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of travelers had their flights delayed or canceled on Sunday in the worst day for disruptions since the start of a U.S. government shutdown, as ...

Almost everyone agrees that the US air traffic control system is broken. Longstanding staffing shortages. Antiquated technology. And now, air traffic controllers are caught in the middle of a ...

Flight delays linked to the ongoing federal government shutdown continue, with this past weekend marking the worst for air traffic control staffing shortages since the shutdown began, according to a ...

Travel delays were adding up at airports across the U.S. on Friday as the government shutdown drags on, putting even more pressure on air traffic controllers who have been working without pay for a ...

Air traffic controller shortages are causing delays at airports nationwide. The FAA said multiple air traffic control centers were experiencing staffing issues. Major airports, such as JFK, Newark, ...