Flights throughout the United States will be reduced to a “trickle” leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday due to increasing air traffic controller staffing shortages during the record-breaking government shutdown, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in an interview on Nov. 9.
Last week, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced it was beginning a multi-step slowdown of U.S. air travel on Nov. 7 with a 4 percent reduction in flights at 40 major airports. That rate will increase to 6 percent on Nov. 11; to 8 percent on Nov. 13; and finally to 10 percent on Nov. 14, according to the FAA’s emergency order—the first of its kind in history….
Shutdown Will Slow US Air Travel to ‘Trickle’ Ahead of Thanksgiving: Duffy
