The Trump administration is planning to modernize the aging US air traffic-control system after vulnerabilities with the existing system pushed United Airlines to cut flights at Newark airport.

Additionally, DOT and the National Association of Air Traffic Controllers, the air traffic controllers' union, struck a deal for further incentives to keep senior controllers in the ranks for longer.

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) released a budget reconciliation proposal Tuesday that would allocate $15 billion for the modernization of air