FAA, Flight Delays Mount
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Even private jet-setters can’t buy their way out of this. The FAA is restricting private flights at 12 major U.S. airports.
The Federal Aviation Administration imposed restrictions on private flights at 12 major U.S. airports, a business aviation trade group said Monday.
American Airlines said that the 4% reduction will mean 220 canceled flights per day. The vast majority of impacted American Airlines flights are regional, and there’ll be no impact to international flights including Mexico, Canada and the Caribbean, CEO David Seymour said in a letter to employees. Further hub-to-hub routes impact will be minimized.
FAA restricts private jets at 12 major airports amid staffing shortages and the government shutdown, citing safety and air traffic concerns.
Hundreds of American millionaires say the FAA should have grounded private jets before cutting flights for commercial airliners.
Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport is open and commercial flights are operating, though hundreds of flights are canceled amid FAA airport closure order.
New restrictions on commercial space launches and re-entries, limiting them to the hours between 10 PM and 6 AM starting today.
The directive comes as the FAA continues to determine the cause of the detachment, which led to the Nov. 4 crash of a UPS cargo flight in Louisville.