Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy plans to reduce the number of flights in and out of the Newark airport for the “next several weeks” as it struggles with radar outages and a shortage of air traffic controllers.

Newark will see a reduction in flights as the Federal Aviation Administration works to upgrade technology at the airport and address safety.

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.

Several equipment outages over the past two weeks at the Philadelphia-based air traffic control center that guides planes to and from Newark Liberty International Airport have raised concerns about how safe it is to fly at one of the nation’s busiest airports.

For a week and counting, flying in and out of Newark Airport ... a 20% reduction in the workforce. The reduced number of controllers has made it difficult for Newark keep flights on schedule ...

United Airlines is nixing routes to and from smaller cities in an effort to contain the fallout from the mess at Newark Liberty International Airport ... a reduction in flights at Newark ...

When the agency approved moving Newark air traffic controllers to Philadelphia, it said the odds of a dangerous communications breakdown was about 1 in 11 million.

You packed your bags, arrived three hours early, and even splurged on those noise-canceling headphones for the flight. But if you’re going through Newark Liberty International Airport right now ...