Earlier this year, Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) was in the news for all the wrong reasons. With air traffic control outages and capacity cuts plaguing the beleaguered facility, it quickly became an unwanted punchline in aviation, the media, and even the general public. This was bad news for United Airlines.
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Scott Kirby
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Indeed, the Chicago-based US 'big three' legacy carrier and Star Alliance founding member has a huge presence in Newark, with the airport being one of its key East Coast hubs. As such, the much-maligned airport's struggles could have been an issue for United, but, instead, it has achieved a remarkable operational turnar