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FAA Extends Newark Liberty Flight Caps Through June 2025 Amid ATC Outages and Construction

The FAA has ordered airlines to reduce schedules at Newark Liberty International Airport and capped arrivals and departures to curb chronic delays and congestion. The restrictions—driven by repeated ATC outages, controller shortages and ongoing runway work—will remain in place until June 2025.

2025-05-20T18:09:27.544204-07:00

Bloomberg

FAA Probes 90-Second ATC Communications Outage at Denver International

2025-05-15T10:26:52.616655-07:00

Associated Press

Newark Liberty Controllers Blinded Again by 90-Second Radar and Comms Outage

2025-05-09T09:07:08.947806-07:00

Washington Post

FAA Unaware of Three-Year Military–Civil ATC Hotline Outage Before DCA Near Miss

2025-05-14T08:19:36.422453-07:00

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Aviation Week

Regulators and Avionics Makers Roll Out Fixes to Thwart ADS-B Signal Misuse As low-cost receivers allow widespread access to ADS-B signals, unauthorised parties have tapped into aircraft surveillance channels, sparking privacy and security concerns. To counter this, regulators and avionics makers have rolled out fixes—ranging from signal authentication to data encryption—to secure ADS-B transmissions.

2025-05-22T14:14:35.810238-07:00

Regulators and Avionics Makers Roll Out Fixes to Thwart ADS-B Signal Misuse

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Top US Airline CEOs Call on Congress to Invest $12.5B in Air Traffic Control Overhaul Airlines for America on Wednesday published a full-page Washington Post letter signed by CEOs of all nine member carriers and A4A president Nick Calio, urging Congress to fund a $12.5 billion modernization of the US air traffic control system to bolster safety and efficiency.

2025-05-21T07:18:28.384112-07:00

Top US Airline CEOs Call on Congress to Invest $12.5B in Air Traffic Control Overhaul

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FAA Extends Newark Liberty Flight Caps Through June 2025 Amid ATC Outages and Construction The FAA has ordered airlines to reduce schedules at Newark Liberty International Airport and capped arrivals and departures to curb chronic delays and congestion. The restrictions—driven by repeated ATC outages, controller shortages and ongoing runway work—will remain in place until June 2025.

2025-05-20T18:09:27.544204-07:00

FAA Extends Newark Liberty Flight Caps Through June 2025 Amid ATC Outages and Construction

The Independent

Fourth ATC Communications Outage Strikes Newark in Three Weeks Newark Liberty International Airport recorded its fourth air traffic control communications outage in three weeks on Tuesday, with the FAA confirming no injuries and no operational interruptions. The recurring failures raise fresh questions over system resilience at one of the nation’s busiest hubs.

2025-05-20T09:11:47.987291-07:00

Fourth ATC Communications Outage Strikes Newark in Three Weeks

CBS News

DoorDash Driver Drives Into Restricted Area at Chicago O’Hare’s Tarmac A DoorDash delivery driver inadvertently entered a secured area at Chicago O’Hare International Airport on Saturday, driving through restricted zones onto the tarmac before being detected by air traffic control. Authorities determined the intrusion was unintentional and no charges were filed, and the airport is reviewing perimeter access procedures.

2025-05-19T19:40:10.505797-07:00

DoorDash Driver Drives Into Restricted Area at Chicago O’Hare’s Tarmac

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Paris-Orly ATC Outage Triggers Two Days of Cancellations, DGAC Imposes Flight Caps A failure of the air traffic control system at Paris-Orly on May 18 forced cancellation of about 40% of Sunday evening departures and prompted France’s civil aviation authority to order a further 15% cut to Monday schedules. Although operations began to recover Tuesday, residual delays and cancellations persist.

2025-05-19T03:10:01.531086-07:00

Paris-Orly ATC Outage Triggers Two Days of Cancellations, DGAC Imposes Flight Caps

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Control Tower ATC Failure Slashes 40% of Paris-Orly Flights On May 18, Paris-Orly Airport operations were heavily disrupted after an air traffic control system failure at the control tower. France’s civil aviation authority DGAC instructed carriers to cancel 40% of flights for the evening—roughly 130 departures—to manage safety and restore service amid ongoing technical issues.

2025-05-18T11:31:05.977581-07:00

Control Tower ATC Failure Slashes 40% of Paris-Orly Flights

Reuters

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FAA Proposes Temporary Caps on Newark Flights After ATC Outages FAA plans to limit Newark Liberty arrivals to 28 per hour during runway work and 34 per hour at other times until Oct. 25, cutting capacity to 68 flights per hour from typical peaks of over 70, after recent radar and radio outages fueled significant delays.

2025-05-16T17:22:32.208677-07:00

FAA Proposes Temporary Caps on Newark Flights After ATC Outages

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