U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Wednesday that he would order a 10% cut in flights at 40 major U.S. airports, citing air traffic control safety concerns as a government shutdown hit a record 36th day. The drastic plan sent airlines scrambling to make significant reductions in flights in…

US officials have said the scheduled capacity for flights would be cut by 10% from tomorrow in 40 busy air traffic areas of the country, with an ongoing government shutdown causing major staffing issues.

The United States government announced a 10 percent reduction in air traffic across 40 of the country’s busiest airports, a move prompted by increasing strain on air traffic controllers amid the ongoing federal shutdown. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed that the measure, which begins Friday morning, is intended to ease mounting pressure on staff who have been working without pay since the shutdown started on October 1.

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 ...

The capacity of flights at the 40 airports that are major in the United States will be reduced by 10 percent according to the Federal Aviation Administration announced Wednesday. The agency's...