Air Traffic Control System ‘Failing Americans’: Airline Executives

US air traffic control system failing Americans, airline CEOs say - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

WASHINGTON — Major airline CEOs on Wednesday called on Congress to approve billions of dollars in funding to modernize the United States’ aging air traffic control system, saying it is “failing Americans.”

Air Traffic Control System ‘Failing’ Americans, Airline CEOs Warn Congress

The CEOs of 10 airlines wrote an open letter to members of Congress on Wednesday, asking them to take “bold action” and rebuild an aging air traffic control system that is “failing Americans.” The May 21 letter was sent by Airlines for America, a trade association of leading U.S. airlines. It cited a 2023 report from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that said that understaffing of the Air Traffic Organization was eroding the system’s ma…

Air traffic control system ‘failing Americans’: Airline executives

Airlines for America, representing major US airlines, is urging Congress to fund a multi-billion-dollar modernization of the US air traffic control system to alleviate airport delays and safety concerns.

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U.S. air traffic control system failing Americans, airline CEOs say

The joint letter was signed by the heads of American Airlines, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Alaska Airlines.