Newark Liberty International (EWR) has led all major northeast airports so far this year with the most on-time flights in 2026. That\u2019s a notable achievement given the airport\u2019s ranking about a year ago.<\/p>\n
United Airlines, EWR\u2019s largest carrier, achieved its best-ever on-time rate in April and May at Newark, while flying nearly 5.8 million passengers.<\/p>\n
The airline is off to a strong start this summer, flying a record three million passengers across its network over the Memorial Day holiday with nearly 70% of customers arriving on time.<\/p>\n
The airline expects more than 53 million travelers this summer and continues to win brand-loyal customers by investing in onboard products and services as well as industry-leading technologies like Starlink and the United Mobile App.<\/p>\n
Last Spring, EWR experienced a confluence of challenges \u2013 FAA radar and radio outages, Air Traffic Control staffing shortages and existing runway construction \u2013 that produced significant delays, diversions and cancellations. U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stepped in by improving staffing, upgrading technology at the airport and, importantly, limiting flights to ensure that the schedules out of Newark match the actual capacity of the airport.<\/p>\n
United CEO Scott Kirby was at Newark today to celebrate the turnaround story and thank local employees.<\/p>\n
\u201cNewark has operated better than it ever has and that\u2019s a direct result of the actions taken by Secretary Duffy and the FAA as well as the professionalism, dedication and care of our nearly 15,000 local employees,\u201d said Kirby. \u201cNewark is the \u2018crown jewel\u2019 of our international network serving as a global gateway to dozens of international destinations \u2013 I\u2019m proud of the work we\u2019re doing here, and all across the country, to deliver a great experience and get our customers where they want to go safely and on time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thousands of United employees help power the airline\u2019s Newark operation that connects customers to nearly 320 cities across North, South, and Central America and the Caribbean, including 120 destinations with just one stop. Newark serves as a key gateway to United\u2019s global network, offering nonstop service to 42 destinations across Europe, Africa, the Middle East and India \u2013 more Transatlantic destinations than any other carrier from the New York City area.<\/p>\n
The hub connects United customers to 15 destinations no other U.S. airline serves including recently launched service to Split, Croatia; Bari, Italy; Glasgow, Scotland and Santiago De Compostela, Spain.<\/p>\n
In addition to new routes launched this summer, United will become the only U.S. airline offering nonstop flights between Newark\/New York and Seoul, South Korea beginning September 4. This October, the airline will also be the only airline in the New York area to offer service to St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands as passengers seek a Caribbean getaway.<\/p>\n
As travelers gear up for a summer packed with global events from a total solar eclipse in Europe to international soccer matches and major worldwide concert tours, United is ready to deliver customers a best-in-class travel experience. Whether they are flying in United Polaris or United Economy, United continues to invest in onboard and in-app features that bring travelers more comfort, convenience and flexibility throughout their journey, including:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Newark Liberty International (EWR) has led all major northeast airports so far this year with the most on-time…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-253726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}