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Staffing issues prompt flight cuts

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom
Published May 5, 2025 at 9:50 AM MDT

United Airlines announced that it’s cutting 35 flights a day from Newark Liberty International Airport due to equipment and air traffic control staffing issues that have caused long delays.

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks with Seth Kaplan, Here & Now transportation analyst, about Federal Aviation Administration staffing issues and what United’s decision means.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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