US EditionHow Reduced Air Traffic May Lead to Flight Cancellations and Delays
The FAA is cutting 10% of flights at 40 major U.S. airports to ease controller overload amid unpaid overtime during a record government shutdown, causing hundreds of cancellations.
- On Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration ordered a 10% cut in flight schedules across 40 major airports in high-volume U.S. markets to ease controller strain.
- Facing missed paychecks, NATCA warned many air traffic controllers work six days a week with mandatory overtime, and Nick Daniels said `The staffing shortage that this country is facing is real.`
- Flight-Tracking data show nearly 700 planned Friday flights removed and U.S. airlines canceling hundreds by late Thursday, with at least 39 air traffic control facilities facing staffing limits Friday to Sunday.
- Passengers were advised to book refundable tickets for travel over the next 10 days and to hold backup tickets, while experts suggested driving trips of eight hours or less.
- Experts warn the shutdown risks losing institutional knowledge and mentoring capacity, with a training instructor predicting `I don't think anyone would be surprised if 1,000 controllers quit` and Chad Kendall saying the FAA cannot maintain safe operations under this strain.
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The lack of air traffic controllers, due to the closure of government, has caused delays and cancellations at airports: learn to follow them in real time
Washington, Nov 7 (EFE).- More than 800 flights have already been cancelled this Friday in the US, on the first day of “unpublished” reduction of air traffic, due to the shortage of air traffic controllers caused by the closure of the government, which threatens to cut from 4% to 10% of operations in the coming days. According to the Flightaware tracking site, for the time being there are some 824 cancellations, a figure that could grow as lower…
More than 800 flights have already been cancelled in the US on the first day of the ‘no prior’ reduction of air traffic, due to the lack of air traffic controllers caused by budgetary paralysity, the executive threatened with reductions in operations between 4% and 10% in the next days.
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BizTocHundreds of flights cancelled in US as airlines scramble to cut traffic during shutdown
As many as 1,238 flights into the US, out of the US or within the country have been delayed so far today. A further 824 flights have been cancelled altogether. As many as 40 flights out of Chicago O'Hare International airport were cancelled, and a further 57 were delayed. And ...
Travellers face cancellations and frustration as the FAA orders flight cuts due to the shutdown
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s unprecedented order to scale back flights nationwide because of the record-long government shutdown took effect Friday morning, with some passengers trying to figure out backup travel plans.
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