On Wednesday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said 40 high-traffic airports would have the number of flights reduced by 10%. Air traffic controllers have been working without pay since the shutdown began on Oct. 1, leading to shortages at many airports as some controllers don't show up for work.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday it was delaying flights at eight airports including in Atlanta, San Francisco, Houston, Washington and Newark, citing widespread air traffic staffing issues as controllers have not been paid during the government shutdown.

Flights out of one of Europe’s biggest cargo airports were briefly suspended after drones were spotted, an airport official said Friday, an incident that comes amid a spate of incidents around Belgium in recent weeks.

The FAA will reduce air traffic at 40 airports beginning Friday. Philadelphia International Airport is among those expecting flight cuts and delays. Talks between Democrats and Republicans to end the shutdown are intensifying,

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced that 10 percent of airspace may close if the government shutdown continues. The shutdown, which is dragging into its second month, has meant that essential workers,