Overview
- The FAA mandated a staged reduction in scheduled flights starting with about 4% today and rising to 10% on November 14 if the shutdown persists.
- Flight trackers reported a sharp jump in disruptions, with FlightAware counting 818 cancellations by early morning and Cirium estimating 748 U.S. departures canceled.
- Major carriers trimmed schedules, including American Airlines with 221 cancellations, United with 184, Delta with 173, and Southwest with 73, with SkyWest cutting 172 regional flights.
- The order covers 40 busy hubs such as New York, Los Angeles, Washington, Miami, Chicago, Atlanta, Denver, and Dallas, while international routes were largely unaffected on the first day.
- Airlines were directed to offer full refunds for canceled trips as the longest federal shutdown in U.S. history leaves controllers working without pay and drives higher sick-call rates.