FAA Extends New York Flight Cuts Through October

The Federal Aviation Administration will allow airlines to operate fewer flights at New York-area airports through October, as it faces an intractable air traffic controller shortage in the region.

The regulator has extended a waiver that allowed airlines to idle 10% of their slots or runway timings — one of either is needed for a takeoff or landing — at New York's JFK and LaGuardia airports, and Newark through October 28. The relief, which began in May, was due to end on September 15. Wi