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Officials Warn of 10 Percent Air Traffic Reduction if Shutdown Continues
Sean Duffy, the transportation secretary, announced on Wednesday that if the government shutdown continued, he would cut air traffic by 10 percent in 40 key markets by Friday. The F.A.A. is expected to announce what areas will be affected on Thursday.
This is proactive. We don’t want to find ourselves in a situation, I think the administrator said, we don’t want the horse out of the barn, and then look back and say there were issues we could have taken that we didn’t. So we are going to proactively make decisions that keep the space — the airspace safe.
Sean Duffy, the transportation secretary, announced on Wednesday that if the government shutdown continued, he would cut air traffic by 10 percent in 40 key markets by Friday. The F.A.A. is expected to announce what areas will be affected on Thursday.
By Jamie Leventhal
November 5, 2025
