Europe’s map is about to get a lot smaller. The opening of several high-speed train lines this year will dramatically shrink travel times across the continent that, in some cases, will be faster than flying.European rail lines taking a giant leap (USA Today)

Orlando Sentinel – The incident on March 15, in which Air Traffic headed south to Orlando was slowed, came to light in a memorandum obtained by the Sentinel and underscores growing concern over a nationwide staffing shortage in air-traffic towers and radar centers. …Help wanted: at OIA, controller shortage

nbc4.com – ARLINGTON, Va. — The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered Air Traffic controllers to receive quarterly refresher training in procedures to control noise from flights in and out of Ronald Reagan National Airport. The agency’s actions come in …Air Traffic Controllers To Attend Noise Reduction Training

Herald Tribune – In Asia, it is growing by over 7 percent a year, experts say, and the region is projected to lead world Air Traffic by 2025, according to the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines. The problem is that air travel is the “dirtiest choice of transport” in …Business of Green: Making amends for ‘dirty’ air travel

Florida Times-Union – Toxic fumes created during the remodeling of a Federal Aviation Administration building at Jacksonville International Airport have led to a rash of illnesses among Air Traffic controllers at the facility. Almost a quarter of the controllers who track …Union: Fumes impaired Air Traffic controllers at JIA

Travel boom strains South America’s air infrastructureMiami Herald, FL – 6 hours agoBrazil’s military-run air-traffic system, already under intense scrutiny after a midair collision between a commercial airliner and a private jet killed 154 …Travel boom strains South America’s air infrastructure – Miami Herald

The 70-year-old pilot who died Wednesday when his single-engine plane crashed into woods had 30 years’ experience and more than 1,500 hours in the cockpit, leading his family to suspect that it was the aircraft that failed.Family: Pilot was “Mr. Safety” (Asbury Park Press)

Despite loud protests from local and federal officials of four states, the Federal Aviation Administration on March 23 decided to move ahead with a sweeping redesign of how it operates the airspace over the Northeast.AIR NOISE: Feds plan to increase flights over Ridgefield (Ridgefield Press)

TravelDailyNews.com – Addressing the Global ICAO Symposium on Air Navigation Performance, the Director General of EUROCONTROL, Victor M. Aguado said that the European Air Traffic management system has benefited from a systematic continent-wide performance measurement and …EUROCONTROL calls for global Air Traffic management performance …

Opponents to the planned Jet Ranch airplane hangars to be constructed at the Carson City Airport, plan to contest the approval given to the project Wednesday by the Planning Commission.Jet Ranch approved by Planning Commission (Nevada Appeal)

KTIVAir Traffic Controllers Fall Sick, Blame FumesNews4Jax.com, FL – 12 hours agoA sickness that recently took hold of several Air Traffic controllers at the Jacksonville International Airport has triggered some concerns about those who …Union: Fumes impaired Air Traffic controllers at JIA Florida Times-UnionUnderstaffing, Overtime Worry Local Air Traffic Controllers KTIVHelp wanted: at OIA, controller shortage Orlando Sentinelall 4 news articlesAir Traffic Controllers Fall Sick, Blame Fumes – News4Jax.com

The control tower at Orlando International Airport is so short on staff that one day earlier this month the Federal Aviation Administration temporarily cut by almost half the number of planes that could land per hour.Help wanted: at OIA, controller shortage (Orlando Sentinel)

… the “cockpit channel 9″ on airplanes where passengers can listen in on conversations between the pilot and the Air Traffic Controllers. The idea is to give customers and developers an inside channel to what is going on inside Microsoft. The blogs …Naked Conversations – Wired Magazines look inside Microsoft

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—-Meru Networks, the leader in standards-based infrastructure solutions that enable the All-Wireless Enterprise, today announced Tushar Kothari has joined the company as senior vice president of worldwide field operations, a newly created position.Tushar Kothari Joins Meru Networks as SVP Worldwide Field Operations (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)