Overview

• United says this was its most reliable summer at Newark, reporting more than six million passengers arriving on time and an on-time rate that topped JFK and LaGuardia.
• The FAA reduced Newark operations to about 68 flights per hour in May and has proposed 72 per hour through October 2026 after weekday runway work finished June 2 and new fiber links were installed.
• Spring disruptions stemmed from controller shortages and brief radio and radar outages in late April at the Philadelphia TRACON, after which several controllers took trauma leave.
• United plans to serve 160-plus destinations from Newark this fall and winter, adding international flights to Rome, Venice, Porto, Marrakesh and Dublin plus new U.S. cities including Palm Springs, Columbia, and Chattanooga.
• The airline expects to hire roughly 2,500 Newark employees by 2026 and will begin using up to one million gallons of Neste sustainable aviation fuel this year, while any added flying must fit within FAA limits, partly offset by deploying larger aircraft.