US orders 10% flights cut at major US airports due to shutdown

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U.S. airlines on Friday (Nov 7) scrambled to cut 4% of flights at 40 major airports after the government imposed an unprecedented cut to air travel citing air traffic control safety concerns because of a record-setting government shutdown.  The cuts, include about 700 flights from the four largest carriers, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines are set to rise to 6% on Tuesday and then 10% by Nov 14 if the shutdown does not end.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00U.S. airlines on Friday canceled about 4% of flights at major airports after the government

00:08ordered an unprecedented cut to air travel amid a record-setting government shutdown.

00:14Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the cuts affected about 700 flights nationwide

00:19and could rise to 10% by Nov. 14 if the shutdown continues.

00:24We should actually phase this in to which we've done that. Today is the first day, 4% reduction.

00:32Four days later, another 2%. Two days after that, 2% and then 2% on.

00:37I'm trying to minimize the risk through this government shutdown and bring us to a matrix

00:43that matches what we had before the shutdown.

00:46Travelers experienced delays and flight cancellations as the shutdown began impacting airline operations

00:53and staffing.

00:54It really stinks that the government is affecting travel like this. Everyone deserves to be

01:00able to go on their flights, go on their way, visit their families. The holidays are coming

01:05up and if this continues, this is going to end up being a big problem.

01:08I think the shutdown is terrible and it's affected my travel in that I woke up this morning not

01:13knowing whether or not I could take my flight to California. I hope that Republicans will

01:20come to their senses and negotiate with Democrats to get the government open again and that they

01:26stop all their nonsense and horrible cruelty to people and act decent and care for all the

01:34people in the United States.

01:36The cuts, however, do not affect international flights. During the government shutdown, 13,000

01:42air traffic controllers and 50,000 security screeners have been working without pay, resulting

01:48in higher absenteeism.

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