The Federal Aviation Administration plans to slash airline capacity at dozens of U.S. airports because of the ongoing government shutdown, including Minneapolis-St. Paul International, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
The list said MSP is one of the 40 areas that Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said will have their air traffic cut by 10% in the coming days. Duffy said the cause of the cuts is a shortage of air traffic controllers, who are working without pay because of the shutdown.
In a statement, the Metropolitan Airports Commission, which operates MSP, said it was aware of the reduction plans but didn’t have any information about local impacts…