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Oakland air traffic control IT outage causes US west coast flight disruption

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Multiple flights from US West Coast airports heading across the Pacific Ocean were subjected to delays and disruption following an IT outage at the Oakland Oceanic Air Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) located in Oakland near San Francisco on February 22, 2025.

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Azerbaijan signs agreement with NATS to modernize air traffic control services

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The deal, announced on January 23, 2025, will see the partners combine to modernize air traffic control services in Azerbaijan airspace as the country bids to become a major player in the global aviation scene, sitting as it does at a key crossroad between east and west.

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FAA Administrator Hopes To Hire 2,000 More Air Traffic Controllers This Year

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with acting Administrator Chris Rocheleau has announced a goal of hiring 2,000 more air traffic controllers around the United States of America.

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FAA hires record number of air traffic controllers for 2024, exceeds targets

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) hired a total of 1,811 air traffic controllers for Fiscal Year 2024, exceeding its goal of 1,800. Although the target was exceeded by just 11, this marks significant progress in the FAA’s work to reverse the decades-long decline in air traffic controller staffing numbers.

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Gonzaga basketball team jet narrowly avoids collision with Delta flight at LAX 

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On December 27, 2024, at around 16:30 local time, air traffic controllers instructed the chartered Embraer E135 jet, operated by Key Lime Air, to stop before crossing runway 24L at LAX, because Delta flight 471 was taking off from that runway at the time, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

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US DOT Confirms Air Traffic Control Overhaul Plan To Be Announced Next Week

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The new United States Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, is moving forward with a clear priority of modernizing the United States air traffic control system.

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UK’s Bank Holiday travel meltdown compounded by engineer’s password nightmare

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On August 28, 2023, around 300,000 travelers faced swathes of cancellations when the air traffic control system that keeps the UK’s skies safe suffered a fault. The set of data came from the airline French Bee, which was operating a flight due to depart Los Angeles International Airport (LAS) for Paris Orly Airport (ORY).