US lifts nationwide flight halt as transportation secretary demands $50bn to overhaul ageing air traffic system

The United States (US) reopened its airspace on Friday after a communications failure at air traffic control centres forced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to halt flights nationwide, disrupting thousands of journeys, while Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called on Congress to provide $50 billion in emergency funding to overhaul the country’s ageing air traffic control […] The post US lifts nationwide flight halt as transportation secretary demands $50bn to overhaul ageing air traf

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