Delta CEO says air traffic control systems are so outdated that some commercial flight routes were faster in the 1950s than they are today

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Delta CEO says air traffic control systems are so outdated that some commercial flight routes were faster in the 1950s than they are today

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Delta CEO Ed Bastian said air traffic control systems in the U.S. are so antiquated it actually takes longer to fly certain routes today than it did in the 1950s. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy even compared the old equipment to something you’d see on the set of Apollo 13. Duffy and…

This story appeared on fortune.com, 2025-05-16 17:06:57.