Newark -Airport flights to increase after reopening runway | Company Business News

(Bloomberg) – The flights at Newark Airport will increase later this month after completing the construction to one of the busy CEO’s runways, the top American Aviation Safety Regulator said. The Federal Aviation Administration will allow 34 hourly arrivals as soon as it certifies the recently rebuilt runway, Chris Rocheleau, the acting administrator of the FAA, told reporters on Monday. Newark Liberty International Airport is currently limited to a maximum of 28 per hour under restrictions imposed by the FAA to reduce delays, compared to the typical maximum capacity of about 38 landings of the airport per hour. “In the course of the next month, you will see improvements at this airport,” said Sean Duffy, Secretary of Transport, at a press conference with Rocheleau. Duffy said the runway is expected to be certified by June 9 or 10 after confirming that navigation tools to help aircraft work properly. The outlook indicates that New York’s most important airport turns an angle after a brutal spring in which thousands of flights have been canceled and delayed as air traffic control technology errors, a staff button and construction-broken operations. Newark is United Airlines Holdings Inc. ‘s largest pivot for international flights and a large gate for domestic flights. United States CEO Scott Kirby said last week that the disruption at the airport would prune the transiter’s second term. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced last week that they will reopen the runway almost two weeks before the schedule, which has been credited to crews that work through the clock over the past few weeks. The runway is already used for departure, but once the final checks are completed, it can also be used for arrivals, Rocheleau said. The challenges of the airport were a few radio and radar breaks at the end of April and early May that controllers temporarily had unable to see or communicate with aircraft flying in the bumpy airspace around Newark. The incidents represent extreme examples of long -standing challenges in the US air traffic system, which are thousands of controllers short of the desired levels and rely on outdated equipment to oversee about 45,000 flights per day. The transport department and FAA have reduced flights in and out of Newark to alleviate the accumulation at the airport. The FAA has also taken steps to increase staff and upgrade technology at an air traffic facility in Philadelphia leading aircraft to and from the airport, such as replacing outdated copper wiring with fiber optic telecommunications lines. At the press conference of Monday, United Kirby said the flight restrictions helped fit schedules that the airport could actually handle, after often going further than the ‘theoretical maximum’ of about 38 hourly arrivals in the past. -With help from Mary Schlangenstein. (Updates with additional details, CEO commentary of United, staring in the second paragraph.) More stories like this are available on Bloomberg.com © 2025 Bloomberg MP