FAA lifts flight restrictions at 40 major airports
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Airlines canceled over 1,500 flights Tuesday due to staffing issues amid the shutdown. How bad are delays and cancellations at Newark today? See here.
A line of approximately 40 planes can also be seen in a screenshot of the flight tracking website Flightradar24, shared by X user Zach Griff, at the airport. This comes as flights have been delayed and canceled across the country due to reduced staffing levels as a result of the ongoing federal government shutdown.
Workers on the tarmac and in cargo warehouses endured punishing heat, sometimes exceeding 100 degrees. One Newark cargo agent, Ashley, described feeling dizzy and lightheaded in an office without air conditioning, while colleagues in the metal-sided warehouse worked in conditions that felt like “an oven.”
Travelers continue to deal with flight cancellations and delays at Newark Airport on Nov. 10 as the 4th day of FAA-mandated flight reductions
On Tuesday, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey broke ground on a new AirTrain Newark system to replace the outdated AirTrain that began