Washington: Air travellers across the United States continued to face disruptions as airlines cancelled more than 1,700 flights and delayed over 14,000 others.

Despite a Senate vote on Monday (local time) to reopen the government, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) expanded flight cuts at major airports on Tuesday.

The FAA announced deeper reductions in domestic flights at 40 of the nation’s busiest airports, raising the mandated cut to 6 per cent on Tuesday, up from 4 per cent last week.

The agency said the decision was made to relieve pressure on air traffic control centres, which have been operating with reduced staff for more than six weeks.

The reduction is expected to increase further to 8 per cent on Thursday and 10 per cent by Friday if the shutdown continues.

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