Twice in the past two-and-a-half weeks, the radar and communications systems that air traffic controllers in Philadelphia who direct planes in and out of Newark rely on failed for a short time. That ...

Former and current U.S. air traffic controllers say the Trump administration's focus on new equipment doesn't address problems like grueling schedules and stagnating pay that are hurting morale.

A watchdog for the US Transportation Department has initiated a probe into the decision to relocate a key piece of Newark ...

Newark airport faces delays amid staffing shortages, adding to challenges from equipment outages and runway construction that ...

A federal watchdog is launching an audit into why a dozen air traffic controllers were moved from New York to Philadelphia ...

A U.S. government watchdog said on Monday it will probe the Federal Aviation Administration's 2024 decision to relocate some ...

Within two days, all three men were proven wrong. On the evening of June 4th, a shortage of air traffic controllers forced Newark to issue a ground stop, delaying more than 100 flights for several ...

Federal regulators are now limiting the number of flights in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport. This comes after a harrowing month for the air traffic controllers who work the ...

Now regulators are taking those concerns more seriously. This week the FAA capped the number of flights in and out of Newark at 56 per hour, a cut of about 15%. The new limits in Newark come after a ...

The FAA currently has 22 fully certified air traffic controllers and five supervisors assigned to Newark in the Philadelphia facility, but the agency wants to have 38 controllers there.

An air traffic controller who works the airspace around Newark, N.J. speaks out about what it was like to lose radar and communication systems during a shift, and how the situation got to be so bad.