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As of Monday afternoon, 25,735 flights were scheduled to depart from the U.S., with 1,623 canceled, around 6.3%, according to aviation analytics company Cirium. On-time departure performance, however, is better than average, at 84.41%.
Orlando International Airport is one of the 40 U.S. airports reducing air traffic at the request of the Federal Aviation Administration and the transportation secretary as the government shutdown continues. MCO has a 4% reduction in place as of Friday morning. A 10% reduction is planned next week.
Passengers on a Frontier Airlines flight arriving at DFW Airport faced a frightening Monday morning after a bomb threat note was found on board, forcing everyone to remain on the tarmac for nearly two hours,
Trump admin to cut 10% of flights at 40 airports, citing strain on unpaid air traffic controllers amid shutdown.
Some of the veterans were moved to tears by the kind gesture, which took place over the weekend ahead of Veterans’ Day on Tuesday