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New air travel concerns after ground stops at separate airports
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy plans to reduce the number of flights in and out of the Newark Liberty International Airport for the “next several weeks,” as New Jersey's largest airport struggles with radar outages and numerous flight delays and cancellations due to a shortage of air traffic controllers.
Speaking on NBC's “Meet the Press,” Duffy said he will convene a meeting with all the airlines flying out of Newark this week to determine the reduction, adding that it will fluctuate, with a larger reduction coming in the afternoons when international flight arrivals make the airport busier.
Numerous delays continued into Monday at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, with the situation potentially being exacerbated later in the afternoon as the FAA lists another ground stop/delay program as "possible."
Issues arose on Sunday both due to weather later in the evening and, earlier, what the FAA described as a runway equipment issue.
MORE: https://www.wthr.com/article/news/nation-world/newark-airport-reduced-flight-capacity-air-traffic-controller-shortage/507-65558538-838c-451d-a253-386b1bff075c