FAA cuts 25% of flights at Newark airport
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The FAA is scaling back flights at Newark Liberty International Airport, imposing new limits to reduce the ripple effect of delays across the country’s air traffic network. Starting May 20, the Federal Aviation Administration will cap hourly flight operations at Newark to 28 arrivals and 28
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.
After multiple air traffic control outages, the number of flights coming in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport will be reduced by about 25 percent. A new FAA order will limit the airport to 28 arrivals and 28 departures per hour for now.
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.