US airports shutdown: 40 airports that will be impacted
The US imposed airspace restrictions over several key locations on Thursday as a record-setting government shutdown entered Day 36 with no end in sight. Thousands of flights will be cancelled from Friday comply with the 10% reduction in flight capacity — a bid to relive exhausted air traffic controllers. The shutdown has led to severe staff shortages and caused widespread flight delays as tens of thousands of air traffic controllers and Transportation Security Administration agents are forced to work without pay.
