Newark Airport nonetheless reporting lots of of delays and cancellations Sunday

Newark Airport continues to face main delays and cancellations Sunday, with greater than 300 flights impacted. 

As of 11:22 a.m., the airport reported 220 delays and 88 cancellations. Delays are down barely from Saturday, when there have been at the very least 377 delays and 82 cancellations. 

On Friday, United Airways stated it will be reducing 35 flights a day from Newark due to the disruptions.  

“It is now clear – and the FAA tells us – that Newark airport can not deal with the variety of planes which might be scheduled to function there within the weeks and months forward,” United CEO Scott Kirby stated in an announcement. “It is disappointing to make additional cuts to an already diminished schedule at Newark, however since there isn’t any strategy to resolve the near-term structural FAA staffing points, we really feel like there isn’t any different selection to be able to shield our prospects.”  

What’s inflicting the delays at Newark Airport?

The Federal Aviation Administration has blamed runway building, in addition to gear outages and staffing ranges in Philadelphia, the place the air visitors management heart oversees Newark’s airspace.

Late final week, 20% of air visitors controllers in Philadelphia walked off the job, annoyed with the continued points, a supply acquainted with the scenario instructed CBS Information. 

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is anticipated to announce the small print of a plan to revamp the decades-old air visitors management system within the week forward. 

“I am popping out with a plan that is gonna construct a model new air visitors management system, state-of-the-art, gold plated, envy of the world, touching each part of the methods that air visitors controllers use. We’re gonna lay fiber, we’re gonna get new radar, new radios, new floor sensors,” Duffy stated Friday.   

Newark is among the three main airports serving the New York Metropolis space. The delays are having a ripple impact on airports in Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, Miami, Dallas and different cities, in response to the flight monitoring firm FlightAware.

Vacationers have been scrambling to rebook their flights, and prospects are inspired to verify with their carriers for updates.