US EditionDuffy says he will have a plan this week to curb Newark Airport chaos
- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Tuesday he will present a plan this week to reduce two-hour delays at Newark Liberty International Airport caused by outdated infrastructure.
- Duffy explained that primary and redundant communication lines failed due to aging systems, prompting an urgent overhaul that he outlined on Monday to address ongoing issues.
- The overhaul involves installing new fiber optics by summer and building a fully modernized air traffic control system over three to four years to resolve controller shortages and equipment failures.
- Duffy stated that they plan to request the full funding from Congress in a single allocation and will provide 20 percent bonuses to controllers who remain on the job beyond their retirement to quickly address staffing challenges.
- The plan aims to reduce delays significantly in the next one to two years by upgrading technology and increasing controller capacity, signaling bipartisan support to tackle this decade-old problem.
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Sean Duffy to Newsmax: Newark Outage Can Happen Again
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy outlined a series of short- and long-term initiatives to address the “burning issues” plaguing the country’s airspace, telling Newsmax on Tuesday that the Trump administration will rebuild the entire infrastructure with bipartisan support. In the long term, Duffy said the administration is going to build a new Air Traffic Control system. In the short term, new fiber is being laid to fix the problems that have …
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