The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday it plans to announce proposed temporary cuts to flights at Newark after meetings with major U.S. airlines to address congestion impacts. The FAA held three days of one-on-one meetings with the airlines "to find a balance between reducing their operations at the airport and meeting the needs of each individual airline.

The widespread issues at Newark's Liberty International Airport have become worldwide news. Problems with arrivals and departures as well as significant air-traffic control outages have resulted in hundreds of delays and thousands of disgruntled and frustrated passengers.