FAA Cuts Flights At Major Airports During Government Shutdown including Seattle
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is beginning a temporary reduction in flights across 40 major airport. Fortunately, Yakima and Tri-Cities airports are safe. However, it may affect travel to affected airports including Sea-Tac for Yakima as well as Salt Lake City, and Denver if you're flying out of Tri-Cities.
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These airport delays from the FAA come as a direct result of the government shutdown.
According to CNBC, they could be reducing flights as much as 10% which covers about 3,750 flights daily.
They go on to say air traffic controllers haven't been paid since October 1 when the shutdown began.
In the northwest, the airports included on this list are Sea-Tac International Airport as well as Portland International Airport.
Alaska Airlines made a statement on Facebook just now.
However, it also includes other cities you may be flying into like LAX in Los Angeles, both La Guardia and JFK in New York, DFW in Texas, PHX in Phoenix and a slew of others.
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Several airlines are offering free cancellations and schedule changes without a fee. If this happens to you, reach out to your local airline to see if they can help.
If you plan on traveling in the near future during these flight reductions, make sure you download the app of the airline you're using to stay up to date on delays or if your flight has rescheduled to another time.