Flight delays and cancellations are piling up Sunday across the U.S. after the Federal Aviation Administration cut flights at 40 U.S. airports on Friday following a monthlong government shutdown.

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby issued a detailed update to customers Wednesday evening, outlining how the carrier will handle the unprecedented government shutdown-mandated flight reductions while offering expanded refund options and rebooking flexibility to affected

Major airlines are complying with the FAA's call to reduce flight schedules starting Friday, with some carriers already beginning to cancel flights.

On Sunday, 1,375 flights were canceled as of 10:30 a.m. Eastern time, according to the aviation tracking website FlightAware. That follows more than 1,500 cancellations on Saturday.

Major airlines braced for a third day of government-mandated flight cuts Sunday after rising air traffic control staffing ​shortages snarled thousands of flights on Saturday. The Federal Aviation Administration instructed airlines to cut ‌4% of daily flights starting on Friday at 40 major airports because of air traffic control safety concerns.

Some experts say there is a solution that could change the dynamic in relatively short order — either privatize air traffic control, or set up a separate government corporation that can run the system.

A longtime United Airlines flight crew member had to resign from her post after getting highly intoxicated on a recent international flight, according to multiple reports. The flight attendant, who has been identified as 56-year-old Margit Lake by The Sun,

WASHINGTON: Air travel in the United States could soon “slow to a trickle,” authorities warned Sunday as thousands more flights were cancelled or delayed and passengers faced