For Airlines, Hands-On Air Traffic Control
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Some airlines have taken the initiative to use satellite navigation and other tools to help smooth out an air traffic system that is plagued by delays.
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Southwest Airlines and American Airlines separately announced that their planes will be tested for in-flight passenger Wi-Fi data access using different access technologies.
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U.S. airline travelers may be able  to use their mobile telephones as well as get high-speed  Internet service while in the air under plans launched by U.S.  communications regulators on Wednesday.
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Before stepping into the cockpit of a commercial jetliner for the first time, pilots have racked up hundreds of hours in the air, usually at the controls of small planes.
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The Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday that it would cope with a looming wave of retirements of air traffic controllers by overhauling its system for training
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VatSim flight simulation network gives aviation enthusiasts a realistic look at air traffic control.
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The country's airline industry is booming, but airports and air traffic control are not keeping pace with all the progress
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Several airlines have begun using machines in a growing number of United States airports that allow passengers to print out their own baggage tags.
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ST. PAUL, Minn.  &#151; During rehearsal, the boss meanders backstage, singing to himself. He doesn't so much wander as he circles like an approaching jet. When he descends from on high is anybody's guess. He's also the air traffic controller. And it's his airport.
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When it comes to communication, commercial airline passengers go from the Internet Age to the Stone Age once a plane takes off.
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FORT WORTH -- Airline meteorologist Mark Mabey stares at four computer screens on his desk. They are filled with data, charts and radar images. All seem to suggest a different potential for thunderstorms -- the airlines' enemy during the hectic summer travel season.
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Boarding a flight would no longer mean doing away with your communication on your cell phone, with Airbus having developed technology that enables passengers to use their mobiles without interrupting navigational systems.
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Problems abound for air travel. But there is hope.
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Aviation executives are sharing a list of steps they can take to make passengersâ lives easier the next time a blizzard or another event strands planes on the ground.
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Aviation executives are sharing a list of steps they can take to make passengersâ lives a easier the next time a blizzard or another event strands planes on the ground.
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Major carriers are slowly taking steps to bring high-speed Internet service to passengers on board their aircraft.
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President Bush ordered transportation officials to take steps to reduce delays in the nationâs overcrowded airspace.