{"id":1613,"date":"2025-11-09T16:36:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T17:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globaltaalenthq.com\/?p=1613"},"modified":"2025-11-10T08:56:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T08:56:01","slug":"duffy-air-travel-will-be-reduced-to-a-trickle-before-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globaltaalenthq.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/09\/duffy-air-travel-will-be-reduced-to-a-trickle-before-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"Duffy: Air travel will be reduced 'to a trickle' before Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Sunday that air travel will be \u201creduced to a trickle\u201d before Thanksgiving if the government shutdown<\/a> continues.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s only going to get worse,\u201d Duffy told CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union<\/a>.” \u201cI look to the two weeks before Thanksgiving, you\u2019re going to see air travel be reduced to a trickle.”<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a number of people who want to get home for the holidays, they want to see their family, they want to celebrate this great American holiday,” he added. “Listen, many of them are not going to be able to get on an airplane.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last week, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) directed all commercial airlines<\/a> to reduce flights by 4 percent starting Friday<\/a>. If the shutdown does not end, the cuts will increase to 6 percent by Nov. 11, 8 percent by Nov. 13 and 10 percent by Nov. 14.<\/p>\n

The agency also directed 40 \u201chigh traffic\u201d airports to temporarily scale back flights<\/a> by 10 percent.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Duffy, in announcing the move<\/a> at a press conference last Thursday, characterized them as \u201cproactive\u201d and an attempt to keep the country\u2019s airspace safe.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Amid the government shutdown, air traffic controllers, who set to miss their second consecutive paycheck on Tuesday, have been increasingly absent<\/a>. Duffy said that on Saturday alone, 81 staffing shortages were reported at facilities across the country.<\/p>\n

When Tapper pressed Duffy on how Thanksgiving travel will be impacted by the restrictions, the the former Wisconsin congressman said a \u201csubstantial\u201d number of Americans will not make it home for the holiday. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou look at the trend line, and it\u2019s only gotten worse as we\u2019ve gone through the shutdown,\u201d Duffy added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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