8 d. ago U.S. air travel ‘only going to get worse’ as shutdown continues, transportation secretary says

'The two weeks before Thanksgiving, you're going to see air travel be reduced to a trickle,' Sean Duffy says

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8 d. ago U.S. air travel could ‘slow to a trickle’ as shutdown bites: transport secretary

"It's only going to get worse," Duffy said on CNN's "State of the Union," a Sunday news talk show.

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1 week ago U.S. flight chaos could affect Canadian travellers headed to these cities

Canadians who have plans to fly down south in the coming days could be impacted by possible U.S. flight cancellations due to a government shutdown.Starting Friday, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will cut flights at 40 airports across the country if the shutdown continues.An FAA source told CNN that "Core 30" high-traffic airports will be among those impacted. This means possible U.S. flight cancellations at New York City's three big hubs, and major airports in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Honolulu, Houston, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Miami, Phoenix, Seattle and Washington, D.C.In addition, airports in Anchorage, Alaska; Indianapolis; Portland, Oregon; and Ontario, California could be affected, according to CNN.On Thursday, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy told reporters that flight volumes will be reduced by 10 per cent, but did not specify whether that's 10 per cent of flights at the impacted airports, or 10 per cent ...

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1 week ago U.S. to reduce flight capacity at 40 airports this week amid shutdown

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the move was necessary to maintain safety in the skies and at airports, adding 'high volume' markets will be targeted.

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1 week ago Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy could shut down U.S. airspace next week

With controllers set to miss their second paycheque, that’s not going to get better anytime soon — unless the government gets back to work.

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3 w. ago Transportation secretary says he’ll pull $160M from California over noncitizen truck licenses

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned Sunday that he’s about make good on a threat to revoke millions in federal funds for California because he says the state is illegally issuing commercial driver’s licenses to noncitizens. In an appearance on Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures” Duffy said California Gov. Gavin Newsom has refused to […]

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3 w. ago Transportation secretary says he will pull $160M from California over noncitizen truck licenses

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned Sunday that he is about make good on a threat to revoke millions in federal funds for California because he says the state is illegally issuing commercial driver’s licenses to noncitizens. In an appearance on Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” Duffy said Gov. Gavin Newsom has refused to […]

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