United wants dual approaches at Newark to expand hub
United Airlines wants to move towards “dual approaches and departures” for aircraft at Newark Liberty International, something its president Scott Kirby says is needed to expand its hub there. “The key we’re going to need to work on to really make the Newark hub structure work is to get to a world where we can have dual approaches and dual departures,” he said Feb 27. Typical operations see 1 aircraft land and then 1 depart on runways 22L and 22R at Newark today. The airport can increase throughput slightly if it uses cross runway 11 for arrivals. Aircraft operations were limited to 81 per hour at Newark prior to the FAA's decision to remove slot restrictions in Oct 2016. Kirby likens the sought dual “procedure” to operations at San Francisco International, which often uses 2 runways for approaches and 2 for departures. <br/>
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United wants dual approaches at Newark to expand hub
United Airlines wants to move towards “dual approaches and departures” for aircraft at Newark Liberty International, something its president Scott Kirby says is needed to expand its hub there. “The key we’re going to need to work on to really make the Newark hub structure work is to get to a world where we can have dual approaches and dual departures,” he said Feb 27. Typical operations see 1 aircraft land and then 1 depart on runways 22L and 22R at Newark today. The airport can increase throughput slightly if it uses cross runway 11 for arrivals. Aircraft operations were limited to 81 per hour at Newark prior to the FAA's decision to remove slot restrictions in Oct 2016. Kirby likens the sought dual “procedure” to operations at San Francisco International, which often uses 2 runways for approaches and 2 for departures. <br/>
