The number of flight cancellations rose on Saturday at New York airports as travelers braced for escalating disruptions in the upcoming week due to the federal government shutdown.

By mid-afternoon Saturday, the number of cancellations at the metropolitan airports, Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark Liberty International, had already surpassed the prior day when the Federal Aviation Administration and U.S. Department of Transportation implemented its reduced air travel plan.

The number of cancellations at Kennedy more than doubled to 104, representing about 8% of its departing flights and 7% of its departing flights, as of 9 p.m. Saturday, according to the flight-tracking website FlightAware. LaGuardia, meanwhile, saw slightly more cancellations on Saturday with 57 compared to 48 on Friday, a

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