Shutdown flight cuts at 40 of the busiest US airports will be phased in

U.S. airlines prepared to phase in hundreds of flight cuts at the country’s busiest airports starting Friday, including those in New York, Los Angeles, Dallas and Chicago, due to the government shutdown , according to a list distributed to the airlines and obtained by The Associated Press.

The Federal Aviation Administration’s order to reduce air traffic at 40 of the busiest airports across the U.S. includes locations across more than two dozen states and is likely to ripple far beyond those targeted places.