After weeks of chaos, delays and cancellation at the major hub, Duffy claimed there is light at the end of the tunnel.

A new fiber optic cable is now in place between Philadelphia and New York to improve air traffic control telecommunications at the facility that handles flights in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport,

The problems that disrupted flights at New Jersey’s largest airport this spring could be repeated anywhere across the country, so Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is trying to sell Congress on his plan to overhaul the nation’s air traffic control system that will cost “tens of billions.

The airport, which has suffered from staffing shortages and communications breakdowns, faces the first big weekend leading up to summer.