US flight cancellations expected to drag on even after the government shutdown ends

Описание: (10 Nov 2025)
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Newark, New Jersey -- 10 November 2025
1. Various of travelers at Newark Liberty International Airport
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Hope Hall, Iowa resident:
"We were supposed to fly out of New York Airport yesterday at LaGuardia at 5 o'clock and we got delayed until 9 p.m. And then they canceled the flight and sent us here to reroute through Denver to get to Iowa."
3. Wide of screens, Christmas tree
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Hope Hall, Iowa resident:
"We're actually trying to go home right now, so we're going through Colorado to get to Iowa, and Iowa is home, so yes, I'm concerned we might be stuck in Colorado."
5. Medium of reporters set up at airport
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Annie Pollack, Detroit resident
"I mean it was all day yesterday, I was flying Delta and there was like no reimbursement or anything so I had to pay for a hotel. Stay the night and then now hopefully I'm going to get on this flight at 9:35 so yeah it was madness, craziness. Everybody was pissed, yeah it wasn't a pleasant experience at all."
7. Medium of people at airport waiting in TSA line
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Annie Pollack, Detroit resident, answering reporter question:
REPORTER: "Who do you blame?"
POLLACK: "The government. I definitely don't blame the employees, like, they should be getting paid, so it's definitely the government's fault, and it's like, pay your employees so that this doesn't happen to us, you know?"
9. People at airport
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Terijah Smith and Ari Smith, New Orleans resident
TERIJAH: "If you can't go home, where can you go?"
ARI: "Literally!"
TERIJAH: "I lost my job, I got stuff, my senior pictures and everything, and it just feels horrible."
ARI: "I miss my assignments at school. I have, like "
TERIJAH: "We've been here for three days because of planes. That shouldn't be happening at all."
11. People at airport
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Jean Dillion, New Jersey resident:
"I'm leaving and my flight has just been delayed another hour. I'm not worried about it though. The driver getting me here went through a red light so that's going to be more dangerous than what this appears to be."
13. People at airport


STORYLINE:
The flight cancellations at airports across the U.S. are expected to persist even after the government shutdown ends.

The Federal Aviation Administration has reduced flights as some air traffic controllers who have gone without pay for weeks have stopped showing up for work.

Annie Pollack, Detroit resident, said she was supposed to fly to Detroit Sunday but ende dup having to get a hotel to stay an extra night due to airport issues.

"It was madness, craziness. It wasn't a pleasant experience at all," she said.

The Senate took a first step toward ending the shutdown Sunday, but final passage could still be several days away.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy made clear last week the flight cuts won't end until the safety metrics the FAA is watching improve. Over the weekend, airlines canceled thousands of flights, with more cancellations expected, including at major airports like Newark and Atlanta. 

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