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Airlines cancel more than 700 U.S. flights as FAA-ordered shutdown cuts begin
- On Friday morning, the Federal Aviation Administration ordered about 4% flight reductions at Newark Liberty International Airport , Teterboro Airport , New York John F. Kennedy International Airport , and LaGuardia Airport , ramping to 10% by Nov. 14 between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.
- Since Oct. 1, air traffic controllers have been working unpaid, facing six-day weeks and rising callouts, and the Federal Aviation Administration said cutbacks were needed to ease their operational strain.
- FlightAware reported more than 815 flights canceled nationwide, with about 50 cancellations and delays at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and three in Denver.
- Delta Air Lines said it will automatically rebook canceled passengers and notify them by email, text or phone, adding `We will to give customers as much notice as possible about any changes to their flights and apologize for any inconvenience these changes may cause.`
- The FAA's phased plan covers 40 high-volume markets including Portland, where Portland International Airport experienced a dozen cancellations, half by Alaska Airlines.
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Hundreds of flights in the United States have been canceled after the US federal government shut down and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) imposed air traffic restrictions.
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Washington, Nov 7 (EFE).- Three of the major airlines in the United States have announced this Friday that from tomorrow they will cancel nearly 700 flights to meet the 4% cut in activity at the country’s main airports, which came into effect to mitigate the lack of air traffic controllers caused by the longest government shutdown in history. Southwest Airlines announced that on Saturday it will cancel 100 flights and on Sunday another 150 at 24…
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