Fewer flights will go in and out of New York City airports at the busiest times to try to ease chronic nationwide air travel delays, the government said Wednesday.To help holiday travelers, military airspace will be opened to commercial traffic on the East and West Coasts, the government said.
Transportation Secretary Mary Peters made the announcement after months of closed-door wrangling with the airlines over how to curb air traffic around New York City’s three major airports: John F. Kennedy International Airport, LaGuardia Airport, and Newark Liberty Airport in New Jersey.
Delays often begin in the congested New York area then spread across the nation.
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