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Newark problems put focus on air traffic controller shortage and aging equipment
The FAA is working on a short-term fix to the problems at Newark Airport that includes technical repairs and cutting flights to keep traffic manageable while dealing with a shortage of controllers.
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'Like old phone systems': Newark Airport chaos is decades in the making, experts say
A staffing shortage, runway construction and deferred maintenance to crucial air traffic technology have made Newark Airport ...
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Air Traffic Controller shortage: Search your airport's staffing levels
No one knows the struggles going on behind the scenes at the Newark Airport better than retired Air Traffic Controller Colin Scoggins. "It can be pretty stressful," said Scoggins. Over the course of ...
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Explains Why He Canceled Wife’s Newark Flight
At a House Appropriations Committee meeting yesterday regarding the Department of Transportation’s fiscal budget for 2026, ...
What's going on at Newark Airport? Air traffic controllers report another radar outage amid weeks of major delays, employee shortages
Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey has been dealing with nonstop delays and flight cancellations due to ...
Newark airport air traffic controller offers damning assessment: ‘It is not safe. Don’t fly into Newark’
The airport, which served 49 million travelers in 2024 and is the second busiest in the New York City area, has been drowning ...
Newark airport uses floppy discs for air traffic control and more terrifying facts about FAA’s crumbling system
The award-winning new Terminal A may be the pride of Newark Liberty International Airport. But behind the scenes, the ...
United Airlines cuts 35 daily flights at Newark airport, citing shortage of air traffic controllers
Passengers with flights to or from Newark Liberty International Airport are encountering long delays and cancellations due to ...
New Jersey bracing for summer of travel hell with looming NJ Transit strike, Newark airport delays and I-80 sinkhole: ‘It’s going to be ugly’
US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has ordered a reduction of traffic at the airport for the “next several weeks,” ...
Meeting to address delays at ‘unacceptably congested’ Newark Liberty International Airport to continue Thursday
Airlines will meet with the Federal Aviation Administration Wednesday to address weeks of delays at Newark Liberty ...