Airlines have been ordered to cancel thousands of flights due to the government shutdown. Here's what they're telling passengers. 10% of flights at 40 major airports are being cut from Friday amid the government shutdown. Many airlines are working out the details of how their schedules will be affected.

"Nothing is more important to Southwest than the Safety of our Customers and Employees," Southwest wrote in a Facebook post. "We know that these FAA-imposed cancellations could im

According to the FAA, thousands of flights at "high-traffic" airports across the country will be cut or canceled starting Friday. The decision, the FAA and U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said, was based on where air traffic controllers are feeling the most pressure.

Airlines are reducing flights starting Friday under a new FAA directive. Here’s how United, Southwest and American are handling it.

Staffing shortages related to air traffic controllers have prompted multiple ground stops this week at Houston's two major airports.

As air traffic controller shortages persist and airlines prepare for the holiday travel season, Texas airlines are urging Congress to come to an agreement already and end the ongoing government shutdown. Dallas-Fort Worth-based Southwest and American Airlines have both called for a "clean" short term spending bill to bring the shutdown to a close.