2026-09-10 18:44:58 UTC / 路透社
作者：戴维·谢泼德森
2026年9月10日 美国东部时间下午6:44 更新，1小时前更新
美国联邦航空管理局（FAA）局长布莱恩·贝德福德于2025年9月9日在华盛顿特区举行的美国商会2025年全球航空峰会上发言。路透社/安娜贝尔·戈登/资料图片 购买授权许可
华盛顿，9月10日（路透社）——美国联邦航空管理局局长周四与美国主要客运航空公司首席执行官会面，讨论该机构利用先进软件全面改革航班调度以改善航班管理的计划。
联邦航空管理局局长布莱恩·贝德福德与美国航空AAL.O、联合航空UAL.O、达美航空DAL.N、西南航空LUV.N等公司的高管会面，讨论该机构本月开始推出名为SMART的系统的计划。
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“这将是颠覆性的变革，”贝德福德在8月底告诉记者。“如果拥有更好的决策工具，我们就能做出更明智的决策。”
该系统涉及使用预测分析。计划最初将其用于更高效地重新安排因恶劣天气取消的航班。后续可能将其用途扩展到其他任务，例如在飞机起飞前战略性协调航班时刻表和飞行轨迹。
另外，贝德福德下周将在美国国会众议院拨款小组委员会作证，就125亿美元的空中交通管制全面改革进展情况发表证词。联邦航空管理局希望再获得100亿美元用于进一步改进。
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联邦航空管理局在6月向空中空间情报公司授予了一份价值8.75亿美元、为期12年的合同，为一个被称为“空域、航线与轨迹战略管理”（简称SMART）的系统提供支持。该系统利用数据分析航空公司时刻表、天气、机场容量、空域状况和运营限制，预测流量并提前识别潜在冲突。
该系统通过在飞机起飞前战略性协调航班时刻表和飞行轨迹，防止严重的拥堵和延误。
面对日益增长的出行需求、跑道建设、恶劣天气问题以及空中交通管制员短缺问题，联邦航空管理局多年来一直难以解决拥堵问题。
今年4月，该机构以拥堵问题为由，命令芝加哥奥黑尔机场的航空公司削减每日300架次航班，直至2027年10月。6月，联邦航空管理局延长了纽瓦克和纽约其他地区机场的航班削减令。
组织此次与贝德福德会面的主要行业贸易组织美国航空业协会赞扬了联邦航空管理局的SMART计划，称其将“通过减少全国范围内的延误和取消航班，对美国旅客产生直接的积极影响”。
联合航空首席执行官斯科特·柯比表示：“利用SMART智能开放空域，有可能大幅减少恶劣天气事件期间的延误和航班取消情况。”
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US FAA head meets with airline CEOS on plan to cut flight delays
2026-09-10 18:44:58 UTC / Reuters
By David Shepardson
September 10, 2026 6:44 PM UTC Updated 1 hour ago
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Bryan Bedford speaks during the U.S. Chamber of Commerce 2025 Global Aerospace Summit in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 9, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
WASHINGTON, Sept 10 (Reuters) – The head of the Federal Aviation Administration met Thursday with the CEOs of major U.S. passenger airlines on the agency’s plan to use advanced software to overhaul flight scheduling to improve flight management.
FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford met with top executives from American Airlines AAL.O, United Airlines UAL.O, Delta Air Lines DAL.N, Southwest Airlines LUV.N and others on the agency’s plan to begin rolling out the system known as SMART this month.
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“It’s going to be transformational,” Bedford told reporters in late August. “We’ll make much better decisions if we have better decision-making tools.”
The system involves using predictive analytics. The plan is to initially use it to more effectively reschedule flights that were canceled due to bad weather. Its use could later be expanded to other tasks such as strategically coordinating schedules and trajectories before aircraft depart.
Separately, Bedford will testify next week before a U.S. House appropriations subcommittee on the status of the $12.5 billion overhaul of air traffic control. The FAA wants another $10 billion for further improvements.
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The FAA in June awarded an $875 million, 12-year contract to Air Space Intelligence for a system dubbed Strategic Management of Airspace, Routes, and Trajectories or SMART, which uses data to analyze airline schedules, weather, airport capacity, airspace conditions and operational constraints to predict traffic flows and identify potential conflicts before they occur.
The system uses data to prevent significant congestion and delays by strategically coordinating schedules and trajectories before aircraft take off.
Facing rising demand, runway construction, severe weather issues and air traffic controller shortfalls, the FAA has struggled to address congestion issues for years.
In April, the agency ordered airlines at Chicago O’Hare to cut 300 daily flights through October 2027, citing congestion concerns. In June, the FAA extended flight cuts at Newark and other New York-area airports.
Airlines for America, the main industry trade group that organized the meeting with Bedford, praised the FAA SMART initiative, saying it “will have a direct positive effect on American travelers” by reducing delays and cancellations across the country.
United CEO UAL.O Scott Kirby said, “Using SMART to open airspace intelligently has the potential to significantly reduce delays and cancellations during weather events.”
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Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by David Gregorio
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