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The airport, which has suffered from staffing shortages and communications breakdowns, faces the first big weekend leading up to summer.
The FAA has dramatically cut the number of flights coming in and out of troubled Newark Liberty International Airport for at least ... Before the crisis, Newark was one of the most crowded ...
With summer travel season approaching, the crisis at the New Jersey airport could mean weeks, if not months, of misery for travelers.
The shortage on Monday forced the F.A.A. to delay flights to the busy airport for up to nearly seven hours, the latest problem to plague the airport.
Newark airport faces more delays after another ATC outage hits Philly TRACON. Staffing shortages and aging tech worsen travel disruptions.
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Most important, the current governance arrangement jeopardizes safety, because the FAA both operates and regulates the air-traffic-control system. This is a clear conflict of interest, and one that the International Civil Aviation Organization has directed member countries to eliminate.