The Department of Transportation will request an investigation into the Biden administration’s decision last year to move the telecommunications system that handles Newark’s air traffic from New York to Philadelphia, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on May 12.
While speaking at a Monday press conference with Chris Rocheleau, acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Duffy said the recent air traffic control equipment outages at Newark Liberty International Airport were due to a decision made in July 2024 by the Biden administration.
At the time, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg decided to reassign control of the Newark-area airspace sector from New York’s Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) to the Philadelphia TRACON. The FAA previously defended the move as an attempt to alleviate short staffing at the New York facility….