The FAA ordered a 10% cut in flights at major U.S. airports it said is intended to ease pressure on air traffic controllers during the government shutdown.
One factor business-event planners will want to consider: International flights are exempted, so all the cuts will be of domestic flights.
According to a report in The Washington Post that cited an anonymous source it said was briefed on the process, the reductions are slated to take affect November 7 at 40 U.S. airports, with further information expected to be available sometime on November 6.
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The 40 airports are the following:
- Anchorage International
- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International
- Boston Logan International
- Baltimore-Washington International Marshall
- Charlotte Douglas International
- Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International
- Dallas Love Field
- Reagan National
- Denver International
- Dallas-Fort Worth International
- Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
- Newark Liberty International
- Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International
- Honolulu International
- Houston Hobby
- Washington Dulles International
- George Bush Houston Intercontinental
- Indianapolis International
- John F. Kennedy International
- Las Vegas Reid International
- Los Angeles International
- LaGuardia Airport
- Orlando International
- Chicago Midway
- Memphis International
- Miami International
- Minneapolis/St. Paul International
- Oakland International
- Ontario International
- Chicago O’Hare International
- Portland International
- Philadelphia International
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International
- San Diego International
- Louisville International
- Seattle-Tacoma International
- San Francisco International
- Salt Lake City International
- Teterboro
- Tampa International
According to the report, air traffic controllers and Transportation Security Administration officers are among an estimated 700,000 federal employees who have worked without pay since the federal government shutdown began October 1.
