Overview
- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the FAA’s temporary restrictions expired at midnight Eastern time and U.S. carriers were cleared to resume service.
- The shutdown triggered widespread disruption, with JetBlue canceling about 215 flights and airports such as San Juan reporting roughly 357 schedule impacts and Aruba about 89 cancellations.
- United, Delta and American prepared Sunday schedules for the region, with American adding more than 3,700 seats and deploying larger aircraft to move stranded passengers.
- Industry analysts and airlines warned that restoring normal operations will take days as crews and aircraft are repositioned and customers rebooked.
- European regulators advised avoiding Venezuelan airspace due to a high risk of air-defense activity, and separate notices cautioned non-U.S. operators, including British flights, within about 100 miles of Venezuela.