Aerotime

JULY 10, 2024

Video shot on July 8, 2024, showed a Delta Connection flight, operated by Endeavour Air, departing Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR), New York, shortly after 11:50. The American Eagle, also called Blue Streak, was told to initiate a go around by air traffic control at Syracuse Airport as a precaution.

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Aerotime

AUGUST 2, 2024

An American Airlines passenger has been sentenced to 19 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to interfering with flight crew members and flight attendants. Audio between the aircraft pilot and air traffic control also revealed that the convict attempted to enter the flight deck.

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Aerotime

JULY 29, 2024

A United Airlines flight was forced to divert while it was in the air due to an onboard “biohazard” issue that affected the crew and left passengers in distress. A recording of the conversation between a pilot and an air traffic controller was shared on X (formerly Twitter).

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Simple Flying

JULY 14, 2024

Summer can put a lot of strain on the smooth running of airline operations and is a trying time for air traffic controllers. Summer has arrived and with it, millions of holidaymakers. According to a Financial Times article, only 56% of European flights departed on time in the first week of July.

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Air Traffic Control Airlines Airline 100

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

An SAS Scandinavian Airlines Airbus A350-900 was struck by lightning as it departed from Copenhagen Airport on September 24, 2024. years old having been delivered to the airline in July 2020. The aircraft, which had been heading to Shanghai in China was forced to return to its point of departure because of the incident.

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Air Traffic Control Airline Airlines Runway 235

Simple Flying

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

While it is a standard practice in the industry for pilots and air traffic controllers to plan flight paths and routes around hazardous weather , the fact is that turbulence can be unavoidable and unpredictable in some cases.

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Turbulence Air Traffic Control Weather Pilot 106

Airline Geeks

AUGUST 16, 2024

Though pilots play a critical role in maintaining aviation safety, air traffic controllers also have important positions in ensuring safe skies.

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Airline Geeks

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Air traffic control recordings indicate that the flight crew reported an engine failure while on approach to Reagan National before initiating a go-around.

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Air Traffic Control Approach 117

Aerotime

MAY 21, 2024

According to the bureau’s report , the Virgin Australia network (Virgin Australia and Virgin Australia Regional Airlines combined operations) recorded 81.2% We know that on any given day various factors including weather, air traffic control, unscheduled aircraft maintenance, and crew resources can impact airline operations.

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Air Traffic Control Airline Airlines Weather 223

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

However, the crew stopped the climb at 6,000ft (1,829m) around four minutes after take-off and reported to air traffic controllers that the aircraft had struck a flock of birds on departure. The aircraft took off from runway 24 at Schiphol around 10:09 local time.

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Simple Flying

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Air traffic controllers are once again feeling the heat after being held responsible for a near mid-air collision above the skies of Syracuse. It was a performance issue, but the controller caused two commuter planes to come within several hundred feet of each other.

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Air Traffic Control Airline Airlines 111

Aerotime

JUNE 7, 2024

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has found that interruptions and multitasking led to distractions that resulted in a near-collision incident between a Delta Air Lines and American Airlines aircraft at John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) in New York earlier last year.

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One Mile at a Time

JUNE 6, 2024

FAA slot waiver extended in New York area Many congested airports around the globe are slot restricted, which means that airlines need slots in order to operate flights to and from them. That’s to say that if airlines don’t use their slots at least a certain percentage of the time (typically 80%), then they can lose the slots.

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Air Traffic Control Airlines Airline Approach 97

Aerotime

JULY 2, 2024

Low-cost airline Ryanair saw its busiest ever month in June 2024, flying more than 19 million passengers for the first time in a single month in its 40-year history. The Dublin-based budget airline transported 19.3 million passengers across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East in June 2024. This compares to 17.4

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Air Traffic Control Airlines Airline 203

Simple Flying

OCTOBER 21, 2024

This led to an extended delay while air traffic control (ATC) and airport operations looked for a way to solve the problem. A pilot deviation caused a British Airways Airbus A380 to become stuck on a taxiway that was under construction.

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Simple Flying

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after air traffic controllers at San Diego International Airport cleared two Southwest Airlines Boeing 737s to access the same runway.

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Aerotime

APRIL 29, 2024

In this article, Jainita will take an in-depth look at 3 in particular: Air Traffic Controller, Aerospace Engineer, and Aviation Maintenance Technician. In 2023, the Federal Aviation Association (FAA) inducted 1,500 new air traffic controllers. Many other roles in aviation are set to grow in importance.

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Airline Geeks

MAY 27, 2024

A strike by air traffic controllers at Orly airport near Paris has resulted in the cancellation of 70 percent of scheduled flights this past weekend.

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Air Traffic Control Airline Airlines 107

One Mile at a Time

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

An Austrian Airlines jet scheduled to operate a long haul flight ended up right where it started after flying for nearly 10 hours, though the reason for the diversion is especially strange. The airline even points out how it flew exactly the same route a couple of days earlier, without any issues.

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Air Traffic Control Jet Approach Airline 81

One Mile at a Time

JUNE 21, 2024

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating yet another incident involving a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737. This incident involves Southwest Airlines flight WN4069 from Las Vegas (LAS) to Oklahoma City (OKC), which departed on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. Air traffic controller: “Okay, 17R?”

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Air Traffic Control Runway Approach Pilot 100

AV Web

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The aviation traffic reporting website also noted a Southwest Airlines flight about 3,000 feet below UAL 2428, and a SkyWest flight 1,000 feet below the United flight. The post Airliner Passengers Injured After TCAS Alert appeared first on AVweb. In a statement, the FAA said there was no loss of safe separation.

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Air Traffic Control Descent Airlines Airline 74

One Mile at a Time

JULY 20, 2024

Southwest Airlines can’t seem to stay out of the news lately when it comes to concerning safety incidents. Instead, they only increased altitude again after an air traffic controller warned them about a low altitude alert. First and foremost, the air traffic controller here deserves massive kudos.

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AOPA

JULY 10, 2024

Jim Inhofe, the former senator from Oklahoma known for his support of aviation, from advocating for airline employees and air traffic controllers to his legislation known as the Pilot’s Bill of Rights, died July 9. He was 89.

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Air Traffic Control Pilot Airlines Airline 91

Simple Flying

MAY 10, 2024

Back in the early 1970s, Sydney-Kingsford Smith Airport was almost the site of Australias own Tenerife air disaster. A misunderstanding in communications from air traffic control saw a very near miss between a departing Boeing 727 flown by Trans Australia Airlines and a CP Air Douglas DC-8.

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Air Traffic Control Airlines Airline 111

Airline Economics

OCTOBER 11, 2024

This is due to a dispute between the airline and the German government over aviation tax and air traffic control fees, which the airline […] The low-cost carrier is to cut 1.8 million seats from its schedule along with 22 routes.

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Air Traffic Control Airlines Airline 59

Aerotime

JUNE 14, 2024

Middle Eastern airline Emirates has been fined by the United States (US) Department of Transportation (DOT) for flying in prohibited airspace between the US and UAE while carrying the JetBlue Airways code. US airlines are prohibited from flying over Iraq below this height. According to the Associated Press , Emirates was fined $1.8

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Air Traffic Control Airlines Airline 165

Simple Flying

JULY 8, 2024

Strikes occur when airport and airline employees refuse to work as they demand better pay and conditions. Last year, extreme weather events, staffing issues in some air traffic control towers, and strikes caused widespread travel disruption.

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Air Traffic Control Weather Airlines Airline 81

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The crew again elected to return to Schiphol and advised air traffic controllers at the airport of a possible high-speed landing due to the flaps not being able to extend. The aircraft was first delivered in May 2000 to Air Europa of Spain.

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AV Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The NTSB and FAA are investigating a runway incursion at Nashville International Airport on Thursday in which an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX crew rejected its takeoff at about 130 knots when a Southwest 737-700 crossed the far end of the runway it was using.

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Simple Flying

JULY 28, 2024

During this time, the entire industry, including airlines, airports, regulators, and air traffic control units, treats the "summer peak season" as a special task. Each year, the traditional "summer peak season" occurs in China 's civil aviation industry in July and August.

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Air Traffic Control Airlines Airline 105

Aerotime

AUGUST 22, 2024

An emergency was declared on an Air India flight from Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (BOM) to Trivandrum International Airport (TRV) in India after a bomb threat was found in the aircraft’s lavatory. The threat was declared at 07:36, local time, after it was reported a few minutes earlier by the crew.

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Air Traffic Control Jet Pilot Airline 217

Aerotime

JULY 9, 2024

With clearance given by air traffic controllers, the flight left its assigned altitude of 34,000ft, descending at around 3,000ft per minute according to data obtained from Flightradar24. Should AeroTime receive an update from the airline, this article will be updated accordingly.

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Simple Flying

JUNE 10, 2024

From unique architecture or being an iconic filming location to historical buildings and eye-catching air traffic control (ATC) towers, there are several airport landmarks that the public has come to love over the past several decades.

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Airline Geeks

MAY 28, 2024

This flight begs the question of how pilots, dispatchers, air traffic controllers, and other stakeholders can predict turbulence and avoid it.

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Airline Economics

JULY 12, 2024

Airways International has completed delivery of a TotalControl tower simulator for Croatia Control, installed for air traffic control (ATC) training at its headquarters.

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Air Traffic Control 59

Simple Flying

MAY 7, 2024

The extensive bill is set to address the nation's massive shortage of air traffic controllers and implement new safety technology that could assist in reducing runway collisions, among other provisions.

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Air Traffic Control Approach Runway Airline 111

AV Web

JUNE 21, 2024

On Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced it was investigating a Southwest Airlines flight that triggered a low altitude alert during a 9-mile approach to Oklahoma City’s Will Rogers World Airport. The low-altitude alert caught the attention of air traffic control. You good out there?”,

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Air Traffic Control Approach Airline Airlines 78