US EditionFAA reducing air traffic by 10% across 40 ‘high-volume’ markets during government shutdown
- On Wednesday, the Federal Aviation Administration announced it will reduce air traffic by 10% across 40 high-volume markets, with phased cuts starting Friday.
- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said cuts are necessary to reduce stress on air traffic controllers who have worked unpaid since the government shutdown began last month, with many logging mandatory overtime.
- Airports in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago are among the 40 affected, with cuts possibly removing 268,000 seats; Miami International Airport had 95 delays Wednesday and 28 cancellations scheduled for Friday.
- Airlines are scrambling to revise schedules after the FAA said it will throttle capacity by 10%, operating under expectations to cut at least 4% Friday and 5% Saturday.
- The shutdown, now the longest in U.S. history, continues as bipartisan Senate negotiators hope for a deal soon amid President Trump pressing Republicans to end the stalemate.
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