air traffic

It’s an unprecedented task, made more difficult by the carriers’ diminished state after culling jobs, routes and aircraft to survive a crisis that’s reduced air traffic globally by an estimated 61% this year.

That apparently includes some members of the management of the airport itself and some air traffic controllers.

The pilot asked air-traffic control for permission to climb from 32,000 to 38,000 feet to avoid the bad weather.

The pilot had earlier called air-traffic control reporting heavy clouds and asked to move up to 38,000 feet from 32,000 feet.

Air traffic controllers and pilots together take great care not to fly in conditions that can jeopardize an airplane.

The flight path remained close to the Indonesian archipelago, well within what is the normal reach of air traffic control radar.

Surrounding air traffic was light, and the tour proceeded smoothly eastward; over the Great Divide, and then swung north.

In any event, we have taken the matter out of the hands of the Air Traffic Bureau.

The huge airport, now unused on account of the complete cessation of air traffic, was closed to the public.

The air traffic was heavy and the field was a beehive of activity.

He was a little nervous because there was more air traffic around him than he had ever seen before.