United Airlines (UAL) is canceling 35 daily round trip flights from Newark, N.J., beginning this weekend after a group of air-traffic controllers walked off the job, The Wall Street Journal’s Katherine Hamilton reports. CEO Scott Kirby said the decision came after 20% of the Federal Aviation Administration controllers at Newark Liberty International Airport left their posts due to long-simmering issues with the FAA. Technology that controllers rely on to manage traffic failed multiple times in the past few days, Kirby noted.
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