More than 1,400 flights throughout the U.S. were canceled Sunday as the government shutdown dragged on.
The Federal Aviation Administration began canceling 4% of all flights on Friday and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Sunday he expected that number to grow in the coming weeks if the shutdown continues.
“It’s only going to get worse ,” he said on CNN. “I look to the two weeks before Thanksgiving, you’re going to see air travel be reduced to a trickle.”
The cuts so far have focused on 40 of the nation’s biggest airports , including LaGuardia, JFK and Newark Liberty International Airports in the tri-state area.
More than 100 flights out of Newark, and nearly 100 flights into the New Jersey airport, had already been canceled before noon on Sunday, according to flight

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