Control towers at 149 small airports to stay open
The Federal Aviation Administration is keeping open for now the 149 control towers at small airports that were slated to close as the result of ...
FAA to staff 72 airport control towers at night
Seventy-two airport towers and other air traffic control facilities that were slated to close at night due to budget cuts will get to stay open, the ...
FAA: Air traffic system soon at full operation
The Federal Aviation Administration said that the U.S. air traffic system will resume normal operations by Sunday evening after lawmakers rushed a ...
Controllers to return; flight delays sway Congress
Furloughed air traffic controllers will soon be heading back to work, ending a week of coast-to-coast flight delays that left thousands of travelers ...
Senate passes bill to ease FAA furloughs
With flight delays mounting, the Senate approved hurry-up legislation Thursday night to end air traffic controller furloughs blamed for ...
White House says it's open to fix on FAA furloughs
Under growing pressure, the Obama administration signaled Wednesday it might accept legislation eliminating Federal Aviation Administration furloughs ...
Airline service improves but delays still possible
A day after flight delays plagued much of the nation, air travel was smoother Tuesday, but the government warned passengers that the situation could ...
Lawmakers urge delay in control tower furloughs
As airport delays spread across the country, members of Congress on Tuesday urged the administration to postpone the furloughing of air traffic ...
Flight delays pile up amid FAA budget cuts
Flight delays piled up across the country Monday as thousands of air traffic controllers began taking unpaid days off because of federal budget cuts, ...
Airlines, pilots sue government to stop furloughs
Predicting a nightmarish air travel snarl that will stretch from coast to coast, the airline industry and the nation's largest pilots union joined ...
Flight delays: Furloughs begin at airports Sunday
Air traffic controller furloughs scheduled to kick in on Sunday could result in flight delays of more than three hours in Atlanta, as well as ...
FAA to close 149 air traffic towers under cuts
Under orders to trim hundreds of millions of dollars from its budget, the Federal Aviation Administration on Friday released a final list of 149 air ...
Catchall spending bill advances in Senate
A bipartisan full-year funding bill took a big step forward in the Senate on Monday, despite opposition from Republicans who were denied chances to ...
Air traffic tower closures will strip safety net
The planned shutdown of up to 238 air traffic control towers across the country under federal budget cuts will strip away an extra layer of safety ...
FAA chief: Spending cuts could close runways
The government has no choice but to furlough air traffic controllers in the event of automatic spending cuts, raising the specter of widespread flight ...
Administration warns of impact of broad budget cut
Widespread flight delays and shuttered airports, off-limit seashores and unprotected parks. The Obama administration is painting a dire portrait of ...
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