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FAA halves flight cuts to 3% as airlines push for end
- On Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration halved required domestic flight cuts at 40 major U.S. airports from 6% to 3%, effective Saturday, saying `The 3% reduction will remain in place while the FAA monitors system performance throughout the weekend and evaluates whether normal operations can resume`.
- Disruptions tied to absences since Oct. 1 led to tens of thousands of cancellations, prompting the FAA to reduce flight cuts from 6% to 3% at 40 airports starting Saturday after Congress reopened the government.
- Data from industry trackers show Cirium reported cancellations fell to 2% on Friday from 3.5% midweek, United Airlines canceled 134 flights Friday after 222 on Thursday, and major U.S. carriers largely resisted the 6% order while pressing to end cuts.
- On Friday, House Democrats, led by Rep. Rick Larsen, demanded safety data and wrote `It appears that the administration made this decision without adequate coordination with key aviation stakeholders`, while controllers received about 70% of owed back pay.
- The FAA faces a staffing shortfall of about 3,500 air traffic controllers, many worked mandatory overtime and six-day weeks before the shutdown, and the article's key takeaways were generated with large language model assistance and reviewed by the editorial team.
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FAA rolls back flight cuts after end of shutdown
The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday halved the number of flights that U.S. airlines must cut from their schedules at 40 airports as the aviation system recovers from a shortage of air traffic controllers during the record 43-day government shutdown…
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Flight cuts imposed during shutdown will be reduced by half
WASHINGTON — The leaders of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Transportation announced Friday that they would reduce flight restrictions at 40 key airports from 6% to 3% starting Saturday, scaling back cuts they had imposed to address air travel disruptions brought on by staffing shortages during the government shutdown.
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