Hundreds of Fri. flights canceled amid government shutdown
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Follow live updates as flight reductions begin today at 40 high-traffic airports in what officials have described as a "proactive" effort to alleviate pressure points.
"This is about where’s the pressure and how do we alleviate the pressure," Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said.
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport sees air traffic reductions Friday amid Washington stalemate that halted air traffic controllers’ pay.
The Federal Aviation Administration’s looming reductions, set to take effect in less than 24 hours, could have significant impacts on commercial flights in and out of San Francisco International Airport,
Flights out of one of Europe’s biggest cargo airports were briefly suspended after drones were spotted, an airport official said Friday, an incident that comes amid a spate of incidents around Belgium in recent weeks.
Parts of Spain have been left submerged after fresh flooding struck Catalonia and the Balearic Islands. Heavy rainstorms left Catalan cities underwater, while several airports in the region were forced to close due to lightning strikes and strong winds after dangerous weather battered the area on Thursday morning.