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PaxEx.Aero • Seth Miller

Newark ATC Equipment Failure Blinds Controllers for 90 Seconds, Disrupts Flights

Air traffic controllers at Newark Liberty International Airport lost radar and radio communications for more than a minute last week, leaving them unable to see, hear or talk to incoming and outgoing flights. The failure forced temporary halts and disruptions at the hub as controllers took time off to recover.

2025-05-05T12:37:22.153275-07:00

Skift

United Slashes 35 Daily Newark Flights After FAA Tech Failures and Controller Shortages

2025-05-02T16:02:57.096908-07:00

AVweb

US to Offer $5,000–$10,000 Bonuses to Alleviate Air Traffic Controller Shortage

2025-05-01T10:01:58.194960-07:00

Wall Street Journal

FAA Equipment and Staffing Problems Disrupt Newark Airport Operations, Diverting United Flights

2025-04-28T15:12:45.472922-07:00

Air Traffic Control News Timeline

AVweb

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Senate Commerce Panel to Review First-Year FAA Reauthorization Outcomes One year after Congress passed the bipartisan FAA Reauthorization Act, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation will convene this week to evaluate funding and rulemaking progress across safety programs, air traffic system modernization and regulatory oversight as agencies prepare for next legislative cycle.

2025-05-07T14:06:41.584394-07:00

Senate Commerce Panel to Review First-Year FAA Reauthorization Outcomes

Financial Times

FAA to upgrade radar and guidance systems at Newark Liberty after ATC outage US air safety regulators will install upgraded radar and flight guidance equipment at Newark Liberty International Airport following a temporary radar and radio communications failure that left controllers unable to track flights for over a minute, disrupting operations and prompting trauma-related leave under FAA’s stress management program.

2025-05-07T11:57:41.949237-07:00

FAA to upgrade radar and guidance systems at Newark Liberty after ATC outage

Reuters

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US Airline Chiefs Back Trump’s $20B+ ATC Overhaul to Address Controller Shortage The CEOs of the five largest US airlines have pledged support for the Trump administration’s plan to invest tens of billions in modernizing the nation’s aging air traffic control system and significantly expand controller hiring to tackle staffing shortages exposed by recent tower mishaps and earlier crashes.

2025-05-07T11:32:25.047798-07:00

US Airline Chiefs Back Trump’s $20B+ ATC Overhaul to Address Controller Shortage

The Points Guy

Breeze Airways Launches Service to Fort Lauderdale and Salisbury, Unveils 21 New Nonstop Routes Breeze Airways will introduce service to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) and Salisbury, Maryland (SBY), while unveiling 21 new nonstop routes across its network. FLL will gain connections to Akron-Canton (CAK) and Wilmington, N.C. (ILM), part of Breeze’s drive to expand point-to-point leisure offerings in under-served markets.

2025-05-07T07:15:12.464934-07:00

Breeze Airways Launches Service to Fort Lauderdale and Salisbury, Unveils 21 New Nonstop Routes

Reuters

Newark ATC Communications Outage Spurs Thousands of Delays; DOT Urges Flight Cuts and Staffing Boost More than a week after a temporary communications blackout blindsided Newark Liberty controllers on April 28, the hub is still grappling with knock-on delays on thousands of flights nationwide. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy this week pressed carriers to trim schedules at Newark and accelerate controller hiring to stabilize operations.

2025-05-06T17:23:43.172636-07:00

Newark ATC Communications Outage Spurs Thousands of Delays; DOT Urges Flight Cuts and Staffing Boost

ANI News Agency

India Shuts 18 Airports, Cancels Over 200 Flights After Operation Sindoor Missile Strikes India has closed 18 airports along its Pakistan border and canceled over 200 flights after launching Operation Sindoor missile strikes, suspending civilian operations at key hubs including Chandigarh, Amritsar, Rajkot and Bhuj. Airlines are providing refunds or alternate routing amid indefinite airspace restrictions.

2025-05-06T16:34:44.543038-07:00

India Shuts 18 Airports, Cancels Over 200 Flights After Operation Sindoor Missile Strikes

The Hill

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Aging ATC systems deepen FAA’s controller staffing crisis Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has stepped up recruitment incentives to address a persistent air traffic controller shortage, but decades-old radars, communications and automation systems continue to undermine capacity, safety and resilience across the national airspace. Industry and lawmakers warn that modernization delays threaten to bottleneck growth as traffic rebounds.

2025-05-06T12:35:40.253332-07:00

Aging ATC systems deepen FAA’s controller staffing crisis

AirInsight

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Pakistan Airspace Ban Costs Indian Carriers ₹7,000 Crore (~$800M) Annually, Boosts Gulf Airlines Pakistan’s airspace closure has forced Indian airlines, including Air India and IndiGo, onto lengthy detours that inflate annual costs by about ₹7,000 crore ($800 million). The reroutes also create competitive opportunities for Gulf carriers, which leverage shorter, unrestricted corridors between Asia and Europe.

2025-05-06T05:22:58.844685-07:00

Pakistan Airspace Ban Costs Indian Carriers ₹7,000 Crore (~$800M) Annually, Boosts Gulf Airlines

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