Travelers wait in long security lines at an airport terminal, with TSA agents checking IDs and luggage as passengers prepare to move through screening checkpoints.
Travelers wait in line to pass a security checkpoint at a San Francisco International Airport terminal in San Francisco, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

NEW YORK (AP), 11/6/25 — Hundreds of flights set for Friday are already being cut at major U.S. airports as part of the Federal Aviation Administration’s effort to phase in 10% reductions because of the government shutdown.

The Federal Aviation Administration is imposing the reductions to take pressure off air traffic controllers, who are federal employees and have gone without pay during the shutdown.

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