United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said the carrier will have to change or reduce its schedule at one of its main hubs as it works to get more gates.
On June 24, arrival rates plummeted 40% at Newark and departure rates dropped by 75%.
However, Kirby said he had "constructive conversations" with the FAA and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg since the disruptions upended operations. United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby speaks during a joint press event with Boeing at the Boeing manufacturing facility in North Charleston, South Carolina, on December 13, 2022.
"The current FAA leadership inherited these challenges and to their credit, they have been public that they're thousands of controllers short – and the NY/NJ airspace, in particular, is understaffed," he said. Kirby added that N90, which manages all the New York and New Jersey area airports, "is also probably the most technically challenging job anywhere in the world in aviation which means that experience also makes a difference.
Recently, however, Buttigieg said on CBS's "Face the Nation that "severe weather was the key cause of recurring clusters of
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