Each day, some 25,000 commercial flights take off and land at airports around the country.An airplane flying across a blue sky. Credit: iStockphoto.com CAA says new Air Traffic Control center in Taoyuan will be …Taipei Times, Taiwan – 19 hours agoThe CAA has completed construction of some important sub-systems such as the ATS message-handling system [...]

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Washington PostTraffic Jams at Airports as Airlines Vie for Popular Departure TimesWall Street Journal – 16 hours agoWith all due respect to Mr. Armey, I feel that a much simpler solution exists to the Air Traffic Control problem. USA Today recently revealed that a large …Overhaul of Air Traffic System Nears Key Step Washington PostIt?s [...]

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Seattle Times – Pilots are in short supply and Air Traffic controllers are retiring at a record pace, trends that could make matters worse. And the air-traffic control system is outdated. The airlines and the Federal Aviation Administration are pushing Congress to …Get ready for Labor Day air-travel crush DAWN Group – ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: [...]

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USA Today – The small screen and its array of green crescent blips are part of a fledgling Air Traffic Control system called NextGen that the Federal Aviation Administration hopes can prevent gridlock in the skies in the coming decades. On a flight out of a …FAA testing navigation system that may reduce flight delays [...]

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In Wisconsin, a woman, her toddler and a man were electrocuted when lightning struck, and in Ohio, a man died from carbon monoxide poisoning.Midwest Stays Underwater as Storm Death Toll Climbs (New York Times) MIAMI – The first few hours of silence after Lori Love’s plane disappeared off West Africa didn’t come as much of [...]

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Raytheon-XM Satellite Radio bid to revamp US Air Traffic Control …International Herald Tribune, France – 51 minutes ago"This is a transformation of the Air Traffic Control system," said Paul Takemoto, spokesman for the aviation agency. "We’ve made quantitative leaps over the …Raytheon-XM Satellite Radio bid to revamp US Air Traffic Control … – International Herald [...]

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The European Central Bank, which in the past weeks injected ??200 billion into markets in the wake of the US credit crisis, is now withdrawing some of its funds.ECB soaks up market liquidity (Independent Online) Weather has disrupted Northwest Airline flights from Minneapolis to Bismarck.Weather causes airline delays (The Bismarck Tribune) BEIJING (Reuters) – China [...]

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