"Airlines are telling passengers Thursday not to worry too much about pending air-traffic restrictions stemming from the shutdown and ongoing strain on the nation's air traffic controllers. But if you're scheduled to take a shorter, regional flight, you may be impacted. "Long-haul international flying and our hub-to-hub flying will not be impacted," said United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby in a memo to employees Thursday."
"He said that the airline would be focusing on "regional flying and domestic mainline flights that do not travel between our hubs" in cutting flight schedules to abide by new FAA restrictions impacting all major airports starting this weekend. Similarly, Delta Airlines and Southwest Airlines are insisting that "the vast majority" of their flights will not be impacted in the coming days or weeks even though, as CNN reports, Delta has already canceled 200 flights on Friday."
Major carriers will limit schedule cuts largely to shorter regional and domestic flights that do not connect hubs while preserving long-haul international and hub-to-hub service. United plans to keep schedules between its hubs unchanged and will treat hub-to-hub routes differently from regional connections. Delta and Southwest expect the vast majority of flights to remain unaffected but Delta already canceled about 200 flights for Friday. Airlines are waiving change and cancellation fees. Alaska aims to protect routes to smaller and remote communities and to concentrate reductions on higher-frequency routes. The FAA plans a 10% traffic reduction at major airports to ease controller staffing strain.
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