[HN Gopher] US may cut air traffic 10% by Friday without shutdow...
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       US may cut air traffic 10% by Friday without shutdown deal, sources
       say
        
       Author : moosedman
       Score  : 15 points
       Date   : 2025-11-05 21:22 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.reuters.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.reuters.com)
        
       | stockresearcher wrote:
       | Presumably airports would prioritize whatever flights pay the
       | highest fees. Not that I'm an expert or anything, but I'd assume
       | that small regional flights are going to be the first to get cut.
        
         | bronco21016 wrote:
         | I'm not positive how this will be implemented but typically
         | airport authorities work with airlines on this subject. The
         | airport authority will likely tell airlines instead of 50
         | aircraft per hour we can only handle 45 and leave it to the
         | airline to determine where to cut. The result is likely to be
         | the same as what you've indicated. Airlines are not going to
         | slash their most profitable routes so the reductions will
         | almost certainly be smaller markets.
         | 
         | I have travel scheduled next week and I fear what this might do
         | to my itinerary. Really hoping the Govt sorts itself out before
         | then but there's been almost no indication that is going to
         | happen.
        
       | sidewndr46 wrote:
       | Ironically this might be one of the most green actions the US has
       | ever made
        
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