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Travel Noire on MSNFAA Announces Flight Cuts At Newark Airport – Here’s How It’ll Impact TravelersOn May 20, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced an interim order reducing flights at Newark Liberty International Airport through the rest of the year.
A shortage of air traffic controllers, bungled IT management, outdated technology, and a brewing disaster in our airspace.
According to the New York Post, a blackout on April 28 for air traffic controllers overseeing Newark led to many workers taking trauma leave, exacerbating its staff shortage. In addition, a Newark Airport runway is closed for “rehabilitation work” leaving the airport with only one functioning runway.
Amid dire conditions at the airport, an airline operations crew has had to figure out how to get more than 600 flights a day to take off and land without incident.
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The Federal Aviation Administration has announced that the flight restrictions that have been in place at New Jersey's largest airport will remain in place into mid-June.
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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.