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Title: Thousands of Flights in Danger of Cancellation as FAA Announces Major
Cuts

Link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/11/06/1529...

The government shutdown-spurred airport chaos is about to get a whole lot
worse. From a report: The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday it
will reduce flight volumes by 10 percent across 40 major airports in
response, a move that could threaten 3,000 to 4,500 flights daily. The cuts
will affect "high volume" markets, including in Atlanta, Dallas, New York
City and Los Angeles, according to CBS. The FAA has not formally announced
which airports will have their capacity cut. "I'm not aware in my 35-year
history in the aviation market where we've had a situation where we're taking
these kinds of measures," FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said at a news
conference, according to the AP. The government shutdown, which is now the
longest in US history, has already been causing thousands of delays each day,
as well as long waits at airport security. Some major airports have even been
forced to operate without air traffic control for hours at a time.

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