US EditionNewark problems and recent crashes put focus on air traffic controller shortage and aging equipment
- The Federal Aviation Administration limited Newark Liberty International Airport flights to 28 arrivals and departures per hour beginning in late April 2025 due to control staffing and equipment issues.
- This measure followed two radar and communication system failures, alongside a shortage of air traffic controllers worsened by trauma leaves at the Philadelphia facility managing Newark traffic.
- Officials are meeting with all airlines flying out of Newark to discuss continuation of flight limits until mid-June and possible increases after runway construction ends.
- The FAA reported having 111 simulators nationwide, plans to overhaul the system with 618 new radars and 4,600 high-speed connections, and noted training improves with simulators, while Transportation Secretary Duffy criticized outdated equipment.
- The delays and cancellations at Newark underscore decades-long equipment aging and controller shortages, prompting FAA hires, training reforms, bonus incentives, and plans for a new radar to reduce dependence on New York signals.
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Duffy Blamed Biden for Air Traffic Woes. It’s a Decades-Old Problem.
After a series of air travel incidents, including recent disruptions at a busy New Jersey airport, Sean Duffy, the transportation secretary, has sought to blame the previous administration for issues plaguing the Federal Aviation Administration. “Pete Buttigieg and Joe Biden did nothing to fix the system that they knew was broken,” Mr. Duffy said at a news conference on Monday, after a technical outage at Newark Liberty International Airport aff…
Plane passengers are concerned about air travel safety. Here's some perspective.
Ahead of the busy summer travel season, passengers at Boston’s Logan airport are uneasy after yet another air traffic control blackout this week. “I think I have more concern now than I did two weeks ago,” said Tony Komaroff, who has travel planned this summer. “We have failed in the United States to really keep our infrastructure strong. This is just one example of it.” On Monday, air traffic controllers in Denver lost contact with planes for a…
Newark, Philadelphia, Atlanta: Old Technology Brings US Air Traffic to Borders
American airspace surveillance is completely out of date, there is a lack of personnel. If flights fail because of this, it is annoying – but in the worst case there are dead people because of the conditions.
Former United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz: Air traffic problems have been decades in the making
Former United Airlines chairman and CEO Oscar Munoz joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the failures in the air traffic control systems plaguing various U.S. airports, modernizing the outdated system, whether it's safe to fly in the U.S. right now, and more.
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