Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is one of the 40 major U.S. airports facing flight cutbacks, The Arizona Republic reports.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced that the Federal Aviation Administration is reducing flight capacity at 40 major airports by 10% on Friday, Nov. 7, due to a shortage of air traffic controllers.
The controllers are considered essential workers during the federal government shutdown but must work without pay as long as the government is not funded.
To find out what's known about how the reductions will affect travel through Sky Harbor, read The Republic's story here.
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Tucson International Airport (TUS) is not on the flight cutbacks list, but the Tucson Airport Authority acknowledged in a statement Friday that "there may be impacts to flights" here and advised travelers to check in with their airlines for the latest flight information.
"While TUS serves multiple cities nonstop that are listed on the planned reduction list (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Portland and Denver), we are confident that our airline partners serving TUS will do what they can to accommodate passengers who have disrupted flights," the statement said.
