{"id":10018,"date":"2025-11-10T14:11:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T14:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=10018"},"modified":"2025-11-10T14:11:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T14:11:53","slug":"airlines-cancel-over-800-flights-as-shutdown-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=10018","title":{"rendered":"Airlines Cancel Over 800 Flights As Shutdown Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(The Center Square) \u2013 As the government shutdown drags into its 38th day and forced flight reductions begin taking effect, the number of daily flight cancellations Americans are experiencing has skyrocketed.\n<\/p>\n

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By noon Friday, airlines had slashed 850 flights within, into, or out of the United States \u2013 quadruple the number of cancellations made the previous day.\n<\/p>\n

The numbers will only increase over the coming days as 40 major U.S. airports implement the Federal Aviation Administration\u2019s order to reduce flight volume by 10%, a necessary safety measure as staffing shortages become more severe.\n<\/p>\n

Air traffic controllers and other federal employees deemed \u201cessential\u201d have been forced to work without pay for over a month, and many are taking off work to find odd jobs. With a deadlocked Congress providing no end in sight to the\u00a0record-long shutdown<\/strong>, millions of flyers will likely be impacted.\n<\/p>\n

At Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, just outside of Washington, D.C., frustration with U.S. lawmakers\u2019 inability to reach a government funding agreement is high.\n<\/p>\n

The Center Square ran into multiple flyers who have already experienced flight delays or cancellations.\n<\/p>\n

Donna Baniewicz from Newtown, Pennsylvania, was supposed to meet her son at the airport so they could travel to Maryland for a family celebration, but his flight was delayed by three hours.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s frustrating because this shouldn\u2019t be happening at this day and age, the whole government shut down. It\u2019s just ridiculous,\u201d Baniewicz told The Center Square. \u201cI am embarrassed as an American citizen that we\u2019re going through this.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Baniewicz, who owns a physical therapy clinic with her husband in Newtown, Pennsylvania, said the shutdown is also impacting their business.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re physical therapists, and because of the government shutdown, Medicare is not paying,\u201d she said. \u201cThere\u2019s no reason why this should be happening, and there\u2019s no reason why it should be happening for this long.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

The current shutdown is the longest in U.S. history, breaking the previous record of 35 days. This shutdown is also the first one in modern history to impact air travel so severely.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, we have smart people out there. We need to come up with a solution, and we can\u2019t come up with a solution to fix this? It\u2019s kind of sad,\u201d Baniewicz said. \u201cI\u2019m usually a very calm person, but this is insane.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Republicans need at least seven Democratic votes for their House-passed funding bill to advance in the Senate, but Democrats are still refusing to cooperate unless they receive\u00a0certain Obamacare policy<\/strong>\u00a0wins in return.\n<\/p>\n

The Senate will vote on the funding bill, a Continuing Resolution to reopen and temporarily fund the government, for the 15th time Friday. It is expected to fail.\n<\/p>\n

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This article was originally published at The Center Square. Photo Credit: yousef alfuhigi on Unsplash.<\/em>
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