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If you were planning on flying on United Airlines in the coming days, you should be aware that your flight may not take off as planned.
The cancellations would amount to "fewer than 200 flights" on Friday, Nov. 7, before continuing throughout the weekend.
Major airlines are complying with the FAA's call to reduce flight schedules starting Friday, with some carriers already beginning to cancel flights.
The FAA ordered airlines to cut thousands of flights as the agency deals with air traffic controller shortages during the government shutdown. The cuts began Friday morning.
United Airlines has released a statement clarifying its strategy for dealing with the FAA’s “radical” flight cuts amidst the ongoing government shutdown. On Wednesday, the FAA announced that it would be reducing flight capacity by 10 percent at 40 major American airports.
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United Airlines releases list of hundreds of canceled flights, many of them in and out of Chicago
Overall, United has canceled more than 100 flights each day, Friday, Nov. 7 through Sunday, Nov. 9, the airline's website showed. Of those, 34 United flights scheduled to depart or arrive at Chicago O'Hare International Airport Friday were cut, with that number increasing to 38 Saturday.
FAA orders schedule reductions at 40 domestic airports starting Friday due to the government shutdown, prompting United Airlines to offer customer refunds.
United Airlines is the largest carrier at Newark Liberty International Airport - how will it cope with the FAA's planned 10% flight reduction that begins this Friday?
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United Airlines issues message about which flights, routes could be cut as FAA reduces capacity
According to the FAA, thousands of flights at "high-traffic" airports across the country will be cut or canceled starting Friday. The decision, the FAA and U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said, was based on where air traffic controllers are feeling the most pressure.