June 24, 2022: -United Airlines will cut nearly 50 flights from Newark Liberty International Airport the following month to relieve apprehensions that have disrupted travelers’ plans this year.

The stakes amount to about 12% of United’s schedule in its New Jersey hub and apply only to household flights, starting July 1.

United executives have said the delays result from power constraints, airport building, and air gridlock management, not airline staffing shortfalls.

The U.S. airline industry has worked with increased flight cancellations and delays this year reached with 2019. Routine issues such as thunderstorms have led to extensive travel delays, and some airlines’ staffing needs have hampered air journey increase this year. Airlines have also cut flights and goals, noting a pilot shortage.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, in the previous week, urged airline CEOs to ensure they don’t repeat a recent spate of dangers over the July 4 holiday and the rest of the summer.

“After the last few weeks of intermittent operations in Newark, caused by many factors including airport building, we went out to the FAA and received a waiver allowing us to temporarily adjust our schedule there for the remainder of the summer,” Jon Roitman, United’s executive vice president, and COO told staff in a note on Thursday.

United said it is currently not completing service to any cities but will reduce the digit of flights it runs to distinctive markets.

“Even though we have the planes, pilots, crews, and staff to support our Newark program, this waiver choice allows us to remove about 50 daily departures, which should help underestimate excessive delays and improve on-time performance not for our customers but for everyone flying via Newark,” he noted.

From the beginning of the year via mid-June, 31% of flights at Newark were postponed, the second-worst rate after Chicago Midway, according to flight-tracking site FlightAware.

Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways, Spirit Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and Alaska Airlines are among the carriers that have trimmed their schedules this year.