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FAA Considers Reducing Newark Flights as Tech Failures and Staffing Shortages Persist

Transportation Secretary Duffy meets with airlines and testifies before Congress on addressing Newark's operational crisis and advancing air traffic control modernization.

FILE - Rescue and salvage crews pull up a part of a Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided midair with an American Airlines jet, at a wreckage site in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Feb. 6, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
FILE - Salvage crews work on recovering wreckage near the site in the Potomac River of a mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
Air traffic control tower at Fayetteville Regional Airport Thursday Dec. 11, 2014.

Overview

  • Newark Liberty International Airport operations remain restricted to 24–28 flights per hour due to air traffic controller shortages and recent radar outages.
  • Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is meeting with airlines to finalize flight caps and testified before Congress to secure funding for a multibillion-dollar air traffic control system overhaul.
  • Short-term fixes, including software updates and fiber-optic installations, are being implemented to stabilize Newark's radar and communications systems.
  • United Airlines has proactively cut 35 daily flights at Newark, and airlines are issuing waivers as delays and cancellations continue to affect travelers.
  • The FAA aims to graduate 2,000 new air traffic controllers this year but acknowledges that fully addressing the staffing crisis will take years.