"Seated on a sidewalk with his back propped against a concrete pillar, Spirit Airlines passenger Rick Johnson of Indianapolis imbibed from a bottle of water and recounted his day after finishing a Caribbean cruise with his wife, son, and a family friend. "I don't know if we're going to make a connecting flight to Indy," he said early Monday afternoon outside Spirit's Terminal 4 at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport."
"Similar stories emerged from the airport's four terminals Monday as the effects took hold from last week's Federal Aviation Administration directive that all airlines should cut their daily flying to ease the pressure on overwhelmed air traffic controllers who are working without pay due to the U.S. Government shutdown. The agency ordered a 4% reduction in flights at 40 major airports including Fort Lauderdale, Miami and Orlando starting last Friday,"
Travel disruptions increased at South Florida airports after a Federal Aviation Administration directive required airlines to reduce daily flights to ease pressure on unpaid air traffic controllers during the government shutdown. The order began with a 4% reduction at 40 major airports and was scheduled to rise to 6%, then 8%, and up to 10% by the following Friday. Fort Lauderdale, Miami and Palm Beach experienced multiple delays and cancellations. Fort Lauderdale reported 30 cancellations attributed directly to the FAA order and FlightAware listed 255 delays as of midafternoon. Many passengers faced reroutes, repeated delays and long terminal waits.
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