United Airlines Cancels 10 Percent of Daily Flights From Newark Amid FAA Staffing and Equipment Failures

United Airlines Cancels 10 Percent of Daily Flights From Newark Amid FAA Staffing and Equipment Failures
United Airlines planes land and prepare to take off at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., on Jan. 27, 2025. Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters
Rudy Blalock
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United Airlines cut 35 flights a day—10 percent of daily flights—from its Newark Liberty International Airport hub in New Jersey starting May 3.

In a letter to customers on May 2, United CEO Scott Kirby cited persistent air traffic control equipment failures and severe staffing shortages at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and said “long-simmering FAA challenges boiled over this week.”