Is Newark Airport Ready for the Summer Travel Season?
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Flights at busy Newark Liberty International Airport have been beset by delays and cancellations this spring due to staffing shortages and equipment failures at a facility in Philadelphia that guides planes in and out of the hub.
The problems have exposed cracks in an air traffic control system that has been wearing down over decades. The crisis has reinvigorated calls for a complete overhaul of the critical infrastructure that manages 45,000 flights carrying 2.9 million people each day.
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