WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Transportation Secretary has announced a plan to address air traffic control (ATC) system outages at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) that will almost certainly involve reducing the number of flights in and out of the busy New Jersey/New York metropolitan area airport that is also a home hub for United Airlines.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy plans to reduce the number of flights in and out of the Newark Liberty International Airport for the “next several weeks,” as New Jersey's largest airport struggles with radar outages and numerous flight delays and cancellations due to a shortage of air traffic controllers.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy unveiled a sweeping plan to replace decades-old infrastructure to boost safety, cut delays, and support future air travel in a move to modernize the United States’s air traffic control system.