BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — People with plans to fly out of Meadows Field or who were expecting the arrival of loved ones may have been disappointed as two departing American Airlines flights and one arrival were canceled on Friday due to flight reductions.

Earlier this week, Federal Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced he would be asking the FAA to direct airlines to reduce their travel at 40 major airports by 4% starting Friday, and steadily ramping up to 10% on November 14th in response to a shortage of air traffic controllers.

Kern County Director of Airports Bill LeManque was traveling for work this week in Florida and tells us he actually got caught up in the midst of the flight reductions.

“Two of the three Phoenix flights into Bakersfield today were canceled, and so I

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