Three new radars at the airport will make air traffic movement over the city and its surrounding areas safer within a couple of years.

Brazil's president declared his nation's air traffic control system to be safe on Monday, hours after two planes clipped each other on a Sao Paulo runway.

Brazil's president declared his nation's air traffic control system to be safe today, hours after two planes clipped each other on a Sao...

Flying through South America's busiest airports has become frightening and time-consuming for passengers and pilots alike as a surge in travelers overwhelms underfunded air traffic control systems.

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Six days of chaos at Brazil's airports have come to an end, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Monday, after the government sacked 14 air traffic controllers and ordered two of their leaders arrested.

The key to reducing delays and increasing safety in the aviation industry lies in the speedy adoption of a satellite-based air traffic control system, according to aviation experts at a recent Raytheon Company -sponsored industry roundtable discussion.

Rigorous training and daunting challenges are part of daily work routine for air traffic controllers at Holloman Air Force Base, as suggested by a few lines from their motto: "We ... keep all who are in (the sky) safe to fight another day. We do not advise or suggest; we control."

Hyderabad, June 24: Torrential rains lashed Karnataka and Maharashtra on Sunday, throwing rail and air traffic out of gear but the situation improved in worst-hit Andhra Pradesh and Kerala, even as the death toll in these states mounted to 126.

Heavy rains in Maharashtra over the weekend claimed 19 lives while 12 persons on board a barge were reported missing and 127 families in Sangli were shifted to a relief camp.

Torrential rains lashed Karnataka and Maharashtra, throwing rail and air traffic out of gear but the situation improved in worst-hit Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.

Torrential rains throw rail and air traffic out of gear in K'taka, M'rashtra but situation has improved in Andhra. Heavy overnight rains in Mumbai on Sunday flooded several areas with vehicular and rail traffic thrown out of gear.

Torrential rains throw rail and air traffic out of gear in K'taka, M'rashtra but situation has improved in Andhra. Heavy rains played havoc in Andhra Pradesh killing 41 persons in the past 24 hours and authorities evacuated over 24,000 people to safer areas, official sources said on Saturday.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina Flying through South America's busiest airports has become frightening and time-consuming for passengers and pilots alike as a surge in travelers overwhelms underfunded air traffic control systems.

Brazil's defence ministry has moved to end a crippling protest at one of the country's biggest airports by removing 14 air traffic controllers on Saturday.

Flying through South America's busiest airports has become frightening and time-consuming for passengers and pilots alike as a surge in travelers overwhelms underfunded air traffic control systems.

Overtime payments for air traffic controllers have more than doubled at the TRACON facility in Peachtree City, a fact that controllers argue bolsters their complaints of chronic understaffing. The FAA has verified that controllers at TRACON (Terminal Radar Approach Control) were paid $865,000 in overtime from October 2006 to March 2007. In the same period the year before, controllers' overtime ...

Do you notice the increasing air traffic between Manila, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore and Bangkok? Hong Kong no longer has the monopoly of Filipino tourists looking for nearby holidays.

HYDERABAD — Flash floods have claimed seven lives in Andhra Pradesh as heavy rains lashed several parts of the state, inundating low-lying areas, disrupting vehicular, rail and air traffic and snapping electricity and communication lines, officials said yesterday.

ATLANTA (FOX 5) – Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport set a record this week, the Federal Aviation Administration says more than 3,000 flights took off and landed on Wednesday. Air Traffic Controllers say that number pushed them to the limit at a time when they're short-handed. Click on video for more information. FOX 5's Tony Thomas reports.

The RAF'S controversial new fighter jet has finally been put on standby to shoot down hijacked airliners. From next week Eurofighter Typhoon warplanes will be at constant readiness to intercept jets which air traffic controllers believe have been seized by terrorists intent on a September 11-style atrocity