What the heck is going on at EWR? Undoubtably the biggest news in travel this past week has to be the mess at Newark Airport in New Jersey. What started as complaints of unusual delays on one day in April has unfolded into a huge story about air traffic control system breakdowns, controllers on leave and the DOT’s request for billions of dollars to be earmarked for upgrades and fixes.

With aviation editor Robert Silk and aviation expert and consultant Bob Mann, we break down what happened, why Newark is so hard to manage and what the solutions might be: Is the DOT proposal enough?

This episode was recorded Friday May 9 and has been edited for length and clarity.

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This episode is sponsored by the Globus family of brands https://www.globusandcosmos.com

Related links:

FAA pledges fixes for Newark, but delays could continue https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/FAA-pledges-Newark-fixes-but-disruptions-could-continue

White House proposes overhaul of air traffic control system https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/Trump-administration-proposes-overhaul-ATC-system

Outdated technology and stress-related absences contribute to chaos at Newark Airport https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/Air-traffic-control-challenges-Newark-Airport

Air traffic controllers briefly lose radar access again at Newark https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/Air-traffic-controllers-briefly-lose-radar-access-again-Newark-airport

 

 

 

What the heck is going on at EWR? Undoubtably the biggest news in travel this past week has to be the mess at Newark Airport in New Jersey. What started as complaints of unusual delays on one day in April has unfolded into a huge story about air traffic control system breakdowns, controllers on leave and the DOT&rsquo;s request for billions of dollars to be earmarked for upgrades and fixes.
With aviation editor Robert Silk and aviation expert and consultant Bob Mann, we break down what happened, why Newark is so hard to manage and what the solutions might be: Is the DOT proposal enough?
This episode was recorded Friday May 9 and has been edited for length and clarity.
Episode sponsor:
This episode is sponsored by the Globus family of brands&nbsp;<a href="https://www.globusandcosmos.com">https://www.globusandcosmos.com</a>
Related links:
FAA pledges fixes for Newark, but delays could continue <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/FAA-pledges-Newark-fixes-but-disruptions-could-continue">https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/FAA-pledges-Newark-fixes-but-disruptions-could-continue</a>
White House proposes overhaul of air traffic control system <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/Trump-administration-proposes-overhaul-ATC-system">https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/Trump-administration-proposes-overhaul-ATC-system</a>
Outdated technology and stress-related absences contribute to chaos at Newark Airport <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/Air-traffic-control-challenges-Newark-Airport">https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/Air-traffic-control-challenges-Newark-Airport</a>
Air traffic controllers briefly lose radar access again at Newark&nbsp;<a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/Air-traffic-controllers-briefly-lose-radar-access-again-Newark-airport">https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/Air-traffic-controllers-briefly-lose-radar-access-again-Newark-airport</a>
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Travel Weekly's team of reporters, editors and contributors take a deep dive into the biggest travel story of the week.&nbsp;
In each episode, we invite invite our team of journalists and their trusted sources to delve into major travel trends that industry insiders, or just travelers, want to know about. &nbsp;
You may be wondering: Why the Folo? Well, a folo -- f o l o -- is a journalism term, a kind of shorthand that basically means to follow a breaking news story with more in depth reporting and analysis. And at the Folo podcast, that's what we do.&nbsp;
Hosted by Travel Weekly managing editor Rebecca Tobin.