FAA To Meet With Airlines On Cutting Newark Flights

Reuters reports:

The Federal Aviation Administration said late on Friday it plans to meet with major airlines on Wednesday about potential temporary cuts in flights at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport to address recent major disruptions.

Earlier this week, Transportation Department Secretary Sean Duffy said the Federal Aviation Administration was working with airlines to cut flights at Newark after hundreds of flights were disrupted since April 28.

The Newark airport has been hit by runway construction, FAA equipment outages and air traffic control staffing shortages that prompted urgent calls from lawmakers for investigations and new funding for Newark, the busy airport just outside New York.

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Breaking: @FAANews to hold meeting with airlines on Wednesday on potential temporary flight cuts at Newark pic.twitter.com/azvL7cZ0EW

— David Shepardson (@davidshepardson) May 10, 2025

With more than 1,100 cancellations at Newark since April 28th’s ATC outage and other flights experiencing lengthy delays, we dig deep on the problems at EWR, what the FAA is doing immediately, and what Newark’s largest airline is proposing. https://t.co/yuyiTj8Hfx pic.twitter.com/2BCer5lyw3

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