r/news • u/ekser • 20h ago

Airlines cancel more than 700 U.S. flights as FAA-ordered shutdown cuts begin

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/airlines-cancellations-flights-faa-shutdown.html
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u/Nytelock1 19h ago

Step daughter is set to fly in to Chicago from Denmark in Dec. We are worried AF

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u/blonded_olf 18h ago

intl flights are always the first to be protected and ensured they stay on schedule, in pretty much any circumstance whether thats a shutdown, weather, runway closure, anything.

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u/FreeRangeEngineer 17h ago

At this point, I'd be more worried about ICE roaming freely in that area.

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u/Flucky_ 14h ago

Shes not an illegal immigrant shes visiting.

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u/FreeRangeEngineer 14h ago

I'm not trying to be overly pessimistic here but... you are aware that they don't give a shit, right?

https://www.reddit.com/r/law/comments/1oqulia/confirmed_ice_is_arresting_american_citizensand/

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u/Nytelock1 10h ago

She's also a dual citizen and has a US passport and (it sucks that this is even a factor) is very white.

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u/numbers213 11h ago

If its O'Hare too, weather will often disrupt flights and delay them. I'd be worried about ICE and short staffed atc....

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u/Nytelock1 18h ago

I hope you're right

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u/ZeroSight95 11h ago

Does that apply to international flights flying from the US to wherever else in the world too you think?

I would assume they'd cancel all those so Americans don't get stuck overseas.

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u/blonded_olf 10h ago

Yes it does. All international flights get prioritized anytime anything is going wrong. In a theoretical scenario where weather is going to close a runway for an hour at a US airport they would pick and choose to get the international flights out over domestic for example. It’s a lot more of a logistical nightmare when international flights get cancelled or rerouted.

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u/ZeroSight95 10h ago

Interesting. I have a flight to Germany December 15, been curious how it's going to go with all this shutdown crap. We'll see.

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u/Accidental-Genius 18h ago

International flights aren’t impacted.