In a show of solidarity with air traffic controllers who continue to report for duty without pay, several major U.S. airlines, including United Airlines (UA), Delta Air Lines (DL), and JetBlue Airways (B6), have started providing free meals to ATCs.
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A senior air traffic controller has publicly criticized Ryanair (FR) and its chief executive (CEO), Michael O’Leary, for what they describe as “shameful” trolling of the air-traffic-control profession.
A KLM (KL) Boeing 777-300 flying from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) to Paramaribo (PBM) faced an unusual operational delay after being forced to divert to Cayenne (CAY) in French Guiana due to the unavailability of Air Traffic Control (ATC) services in Suriname.
On Monday, September 15, 2025, an Air Corsica (XK) flight from Paris-Orly (ORY) to Ajaccio (AJA) experienced an unusual delay when an air traffic controller fell asleep, leaving the aircraft in a holding pattern over Corsica.
Carriers like Air India and IndiGo reroute flights via Mumbai, as Pakistan’s airspace closure since April 24, 2025, disrupts normal paths.
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has successfully recruited and hired 1,500 new air traffic controllers, achieving its target for 2023 and ensuring the ongoing restoration of its training pipeline.
Ethiopian Airlines both pilots fell asleep while flying a flight from Sudan’s Khartoum to Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa and missed their landing.
All ATCs, including Pakistani ATCs, cooperated fully in the evacuation mission in New Delhi, according to an Air India pilot.
Two SpiceJet pilot temporarily suspended by the DGCA for taking off from Rajkot without the mandatory clearance from ATC