Many flights have been delayed at the busy hub because of radar outages, shortages of air traffic controllers and construction on a runway.

Moving air traffic controllers means retraining them on the quirks of a new facility, and the process can take years.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy explained Wednesday that he recently changed his wife’s flight to avoid the embattled Newark Liberty International Airport — but not because of safety issues.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy plans to reduce the number of flights in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport for the "next several weeks."

The Federal Aviation Administration is working on a short-term fix to the problems at the Newark airport that includes technical repairs and cutting flights to keep traffic manageable while dealing with a shortage of controllers. Officials are meeting with all the airlines that fly out of Newark starting Wednesday to discuss the plan.

The Federal Aviation Administration is considering temporary flight reductions in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport, and it's launching a safety task force.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy released a four-point plan to address the failing infrastructure at Newark Liberty Airport.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says a new software update prevented a third radar outage over the last two weeks at New Jersey's busy Newark airport when a telecommunications line failed again over the weekend.