Airlines cancel hundreds of flights Friday as shutdown stretches on

Major airlines say they are planning to cancel hundreds of flights on Friday -- out of thousands of daily flights -- as the Federal Aviation Administration is set to begin limiting flight capacity at 40 major U.S. airports amid the government shutdown. American Airlines said Thursday it will cancel about 220 of its roughly 6,000 departures starting Friday and lasting through this weekend. United Airlines said in a statement it plans to cancel less than 200 of its more than 5,000 flights each day through the weekend, focusing on those that have the smallest impact on passengers. Delta Airlines said it planned to cancel about 170 daily flights. American, United and Delta -- the three largest airlines in the U.S. -- all have said they believe they will be able to accommodate most of the impac