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Newark Airport is expecting a busy Memorial Day Weekend as usual, but officials do not expect any significant delays.
The airport, which has suffered from staffing shortages and communications breakdowns, faces the first big weekend leading up to summer.
But smooth sailing out of the airport — deemed a “travel hellhole” by frustrated frequent flyers over the past few weeks — has become virtually impossible. The disarray is largely due to a string of air-traffic control outages, construction issues and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employee walk-offs .
Operations at United Airline's massive hub at Newark Liberty International airport have stabilised following a sharp reduction in daily air traffic mandated by the Federal Aviation Administration.
The FAA reduced the number of flights allowed to take off at Newark Liberty Airport. Here's how it affects travelers and the agency that runs the airport.
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Flights at the New Jersey airport have been canceled and delayed in recent weeks amid communications problems plaguing air traffic control systems and ongoing construction.
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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.
The FAA has imposed new limits on one of America's busiest airports, hourly capping operations as travelers face continuing delay
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.