Newark Airport

Menendez has pressured FAA about need for NJ/NY regional approach to addressing delays

December 19, 2007 -- WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Transportation announced several actions meant to reduce air traffic congestion and flight delays in the New Jersey/New York region, including an intention to cap flights at Newark Liberty Airport, a cap on flights at New York’s JFK Airport beginning in March, an auctioning off of new capacity at the region’s airports and a beginning of the implementation of the regional airspace redesign.    » read more »

Legislation Included in FY 2008 Omnibus Appropriations Bill; Amendments Require Bush Administration to Develop Plan to Ease Congestion in NY/NJ/Philly Airspace

December 19, 2007 -- Washington, DC – New Jersey and New York’s U.S. Senators announced today that the Senate has approved two measures they authored to reduce flight delays and ease congestion in the New York/New Jersey airspace as part of the Fiscal Year 2008 Omnibus Appropriations Bill.    » read more »

Delays, airspace redesign, safety issues at Newark will be discussed

December 18, 2007 -- WASHINGTON – With a number of serious New Jersey air travel issues swirling, Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) will meet with the Acting Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, Robert Sturgell, tomorrow in the Senator’s office.    » read more »

Bill rejects President Bush's expected piecemeal approach to air delays by limiting flights into New York's JFK Airport, forcing more planes into Newark

December 17, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – In anticipation of President Bush’s announcement to cap flights into New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport, Sens. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) today introduced a bill to reduce delays and congestion for air travelers across the entire New Jersey-New York region, one of the busiest in the nation for national and international air travel as well as air freight.    » read more »

December 13, 2007 -- WASHINGTON – Following news reports this week that the Department of Transportation plans to implement flight schedule restrictions for New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, New Jersey’s U.S. Senators, Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ), are pressing the Department to take a more regional approach to reducing flight delays – an approach that includes action to reduce delays at Newark Liberty International Airport (Letter).    » read more »