Major cancellations are impacting airports across the U.S. as cuts to flight schedules made by the Federal Aviation Administration come into effect amid the ongoing and historic government shutdown.
By late Thursday over 800 flights within and in and out of the U.S. had already been canceled for Friday according to flight-tracking site FlightAware.com. Around 200 flights were canceled Thursday as airports and passengers prepared to bear the brunt of the measures.
It comes after Transport Secretary Sean Duffy and the FAA announced that 40 of the country’s busiest airports across two dozen states, including New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Chicago, would be phasing in a 10 percent reduction in their flight schedules.
The disruptions will affect service at many smaller airports, too, and by Thursday some travelers had already started changing or canceling their itineraries.
Credit to : The Independent