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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The Federal Aviation Administration is reducing air traffic by 10% at 40 'high-volume' airports across the country, including Boston's Logan, potentially impacting thousands of flights.
Logan among airports hit by FAA’s 10% air traffic cut
Boston’s Logan Airport has been named as one of the nation's top airports subject to an FAA-imposed 10% cut in air traffic coming in response to the federal government shutdown and increasing pressures on air traffic controllers who are being forced to work without pay.
The Federal Aviation Administration announced on Wednesday that it will reduce air traffic by 10% in 40 “high volume” markets starting on Friday morning to maintain travel safety, as air traffic controllers show signs of stress during the current government’s closure. The cut will affect thousands of flights across the country, as the FAA manages more than 44,000 flights per day, including commercial passenger flights, cargo aircraft and private…
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