Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Sunday that air travel “will be reduced” before Thanksgiving. government shutdown Continuing.
“It’s going to get worse,” Duffy told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.” “I see two weeks before Thanksgiving, you’ll see air travel go down.”
He added, “We have a lot of people who want to go home for the holidays, they want to see their families, they want to celebrate this great American holiday.” “Listen, a lot of them won’t be able to get on a plane.”
Last week, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) directed to all commercial airlines to reduce 4 percent increase in flights since Friday. If the shutdown does not end, the cuts will extend to 6 percent by November 11, 8 percent by November 13 and 10 percent by November 14.
The agency also directed 40 “high traffic” airports Temporarily 10 percent reduction in flights.
Duffy, in announcement of The move was described at a news conference last Thursday as “proactive” and an effort to protect the country’s airspace.
Air traffic controllers brace for second consecutive miss amid government shutdown paycheck On Tuesday, there are increasingly absent. Duffy said that on Saturday alone, 81 staff shortages were reported at facilities across the country.
When Tapper pressed Duffy on how restrictions would affect Thanksgiving travel, the former Wisconsin congressman said a “substantial” number of Americans would not be home for the holidays.
“You look at the trendline, and it’s gotten worse as we’ve gone through the shutdown,” Duffy said.
