Duffy: 20% of flights may be halted over shutdown

 United States Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Friday that up to 20% of flights could be canceled in the coming weeks if the ongoing government shutdown continues.

During a news event in Washington DC, Duffy warned that there are now "more controllers who decide they can’t come to work, can’t control the airspace, but instead have to take a second job" and that "you might see 10% … go to 15% or 20%" of flight cancellations.

However, he explained that this is not an official plan, but an assumption, should the longest government shutdown in US history continue. "Could it go there? That’s possible. There’s no plan for that," he said.

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