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FAA Flight Cuts Drive New Wave of Cancellations as Senate Moves Stopgap Funding

Senators advanced a stopgap funding bill, with the FAA holding flight curbs until staffing and safety metrics improve.

A traveler sits on his luggage as he waits at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, on November 7, 2025. Hundreds of flights were canceled across the United States on Friday after the Trump administration ordered reductions to ease strain on air traffic controllers who are working without pay amid congressional paralysis on funding the US budget. Forty airports were due to slow down, including the giant hubs in Atlanta, Newark, Denver, Chicago, Houston and Los Angeles.
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An airliner, making it's approach, flies past a tree in full autumn color, as flight delays surge from the government shutdown which entered its 30th day, in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 30, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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Overview

  • Airlines canceled more than 2,800 U.S. flights Sunday, with some tallies topping 3,300, and logged over 10,000 delays as the third day of mandated capacity cuts took hold.
  • The FAA is phasing reductions at 40 major airports from 4% to 6% Tuesday, 8% Thursday and 10% by Nov. 14, a safety-driven plan tied to staffing data.
  • Unpaid air traffic controllers have increasingly called out or retired since Oct. 1, worsening preexisting shortages; officials cited rising fatigue and voluntary safety reports.
  • Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned travel could slow to a trickle by Thanksgiving if the shutdown persists and said deeper cuts of up to 20% may be considered.
  • Major hubs saw the heaviest impacts Sunday, including Atlanta, Chicago O’Hare and Newark, with weather further straining operations in some regions.