Major airlines have announced plans to cancel hundreds of flights on Friday — out of thousands of daily flights — as the US Federal Aviation Administration prepares to begin limiting capacity at 40 major US airports due to the government shutdown, UNN reports with reference to ABC News.
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American Airlines said Thursday it would cancel about 220 of its approximately 6,000 flights, starting Friday and through the end of this weekend.
United Airlines said in a statement that it plans to cancel fewer than 200 of its more than 5,000 daily flights over the weekend. The airline posted information about flight cancellations on a special website along with other information for travelers.
A company representative told ABC News that about half of the passengers whose flights were canceled were able to rebook within 4 hours of their original departure time.
Delta Airlines announced plans to cancel about 170 daily flights.
American, United, and Delta — the three largest US airlines — said they believe they will be able to accommodate most affected passengers on other flights.
These flight cancellations are the latest — and perhaps most serious — disruption to air travel since the US government shutdown began more than a month ago.
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