FAA cuts 25% of flights at Newark airport
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The airport, which has suffered from staffing shortages and communications breakdowns, faces the first big weekend leading up to summer.
The interim rule will cap the number of arrivals and departures at Newark Liberty International Airport at 28 apiece per hour. That’s in line with the limits imposed after about half a dozen controllers went on a 45-day trauma leave following the first outage on April 28.
Live" was the latest program to take aim at Newark Airport's delays during a sketch in its May 17 season finale.
Three days of meetings to discuss reducing the number of flights at Newark Liberty International Airport concluded Friday in the wake of critical air traffic control problems around the metro New York hub and other US airports.