The ongoing federal government shutdown has pushed America’s air travel system into growing disarray, as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) begins scaling back air traffic operations at major airports nationwide.
According to the latest reports, over 750 flights were canceled across the United States in the past 24 hours, with hundreds more facing severe delays. The FAA says the cuts—up to 10 percent of total daily flights at some major hubs—are necessary as staffing shortages worsen under the shutdown.
Airports from San Francisco (SFO) to Chicago O’Hare and New York JFK reported cascading delays on Friday, averaging nearly an hour per flight. At SFO alone, dozens of departures were
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