Nearly 2,000 flights were delayed or canceled on Friday morning as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) initiated cuts at major airports, according to a tracking service.
As of Nov. 7 at 9 a.m. ET, around 820 flights were canceled and roughly 1,190 were delayed within, into, or out of the United States, according to flight tracking platform FlightAware.
Among U.S. airlines, Southwest Airlines led the way with 359 delayed flights and 121 cancelled flights, the tracker shows.
Its subsidiary, SkyWest, also saw 172 canceled flights and 44 delayed flights. United Airlines experienced 54 delayed and 67 canceled flights, while Delta Air Lines had 60 delayed and 29 canceled flights.
Worldwide, there were more than 12,000 flights delayed and over 1,100 that were canceled, according to FlightAware’s live tracker….