What Happened
Industry Leaders Meet To Reduce Flight Delays And Cancellations
The head of the Federal Aviation Administration, Bryan Bedford, has met with chief executives from major US airlines to discuss a new traffic management system aimed at reducing flight delays and cancellations. The system, known as SMART, is an advanced software platform that will help the agency reorganize flight schedules and manage airspace more dynamically. The meeting, organized with the industry trade group Airlines for America, comes as the agency prepares to begin rolling out SMART this month, as reported by Unknown Source.