Another update from AOPA:
FAA moving forward on Class B restoration
IFR GA ops now permitted at EWR
10/19/2001 11:27:42 AM ET — AOPA confirmed this morning that FAA is now permitting Part 91 general aviation IFR operations out of Newark (EWR) International Airport. Newark is on the edge of the 18-nm TFR "no fly" zone around the JFK VOR. Meanwhile, the National Security Council (NSC) met again this morning to consider plans to reopen more Class B airspace to VFR operations. Yesterday, FAA met with AOPA; Maryland, Virginia, and New York state aviation officials, GAMA, HAI, and NBAA to consider security and airspace procedures that could be used to reopen airports and heliports within the exclusionary areas in the New York and Washington, D.C., areas where no Part 91 operations are currently permitted. Wednesday, FAA Association Administrator for Air Traffic Steve Brown told Congress that he expected a “graduated reopening” of airspace to continue next week. Brown also said that it was not FAA’s intent to retain enhanced Class B airspace. “Our goal is to return the airspace to what it was prior to September 11.”