Newark Liberty will come from international airport last week with many misery, with cancellations, has made delays in the last five hours and flight deviations away from their destinations.
Passenger They are reporting on social media They lost their flights and have spent hours on the boat. Some are struggling to make new travel arrangements.
Interruptions, who stretched with delays on Friday Average of more than two hoursHighlights the ongoing issues of air traffic control staff. Problems with Newark’s largest company, the largest carriers of Newark, nearly three rounds of rounding flights cut this weekend, Director of the carrier, Scott Kirby, announced Friday.
Here is what anyone who goes to Newark Airport needs to know.
Air Traffic Control Staff restricts the ability
Last summer, Newark air space management went to Philadelphia from New York. This movement, at least aa relocation Dozen air traffic controllersit was means to facilitate air traffic delay.
The Federal Aviation Administration is interrupted by Newark flight to Newark Equipment failures and undecided staff issues in the Philadelphia Air Traffic Control Center, as well as building in one of Newarks tracks.
These continuous staff issues “limit the ability to Newark airport effectively,” Aidan O’Donnell said, Director General of New Jersey Airport New York Port Authority and New Jersey.
The New York city is managed by major airports, Kennedy and Laguardia, New York Control Center.
One of Newark’s tracks is closed
One of the three runways at the airport turned off on April 15 For rehabilitation and resolve, with plans to reopen in mid-June.
“It is a very routine construction project,” Mr. O’Donnell said, and the airport was very prepared by organizing less flights during this period.
Despite the two open tracks left by the airport, the FAA stressed during the closing period, Mr. O’Donnell said. “When we have the only track available, we land at the same time and go on the same track, which is the most effective way to go to Newarke and get out.”
The airport has more than 1,000 tickets and outputs daily, most managed by United.
The disruption wave began on Monday has increased
The Philadelphia Control Center had trouble telecommunications and equipment on Monday, a FAA spokesman said. This has led hundreds of delays and negation and three dozen flight deviations on that day, Mr. O’Donnell said. He added for two hours on Monday afternoon, no flight came out or landed on Newark.
It was followed through the week, as the shortage of air traffic drivers aggravate Philadelphia. Scott Kirby, the General Manager of the United Airlines Customers in a letter This week “left work” more than 20% of air traffic drivers this week.
Mr. Kirby has added that Philadelphia Control Center’s shortage of employees has been a problem over the years.
A spokesperson National Air Traffic Controllers Association He made a comment.
Problems may take a week or month
The next few weeks could be challenged, Mr. O’Donnell warned.
Flight delays and cancellations can last the day-to-day resolution, while airline travelers, crews and aircraft retreat. Both United and Jetblue airways They have waived the flight without making a fee for recreating passengers.
United will return 328 years of 35-year-old flights, from Newark schedule that will begin this weekend. The airport is a key gateway to fly to the airport, Europe, India and the Middle East.
Without sufficient controller, “Newark cannot predict the number of plans that predict the number of plans,” said Kirby, adding the flight reduction size to fix the issues of vacancies in vacuum structural fai workers. “
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