Several equipment outages over the past two weeks at the Philadelphia-based air traffic control center that guides planes to and from Newark Liberty International Airport have raised concerns about how safe it is to fly at one of the nation’s busiest airports.

United Airlines executives are trying to reassure their customers it is safe to fly at Newark Liberty International Airport​, despite all the recent problems.

The CEO of United Airlines maintains that New Jersey's Newark Airport is safe, despite construction, equipment failures and staffing issues that have resulted in delayed and canceled flights, NBC News' Marquise Francis reports.

The shortage on Monday forced the F.A.A. to delay flights to the busy airport for up to nearly seven hours, the latest problem to plague the airport.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Monday that “fast-track” fixes are being made to address the continuing communications and radar failures at Newark Liberty International Airport.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says a new software update prevented a third radar outage over the last two weeks at New Jersey's busy Newark airport when a telecommunications line failed again over the weekend.

The disruptions continue at Newark Liberty International Airport.So far 7 delays and 78 cancellations have been announced Wednesday, according to Flight Aware.So what should you do if you're holding a ticket for EWR?