The new restrictions come less than a week after the FAA ordered commercial airlines to cut flights due to air traffic controller staffing shortfalls.

The cuts will increase gradually over the next week, as air traffic controllers go without pay during the ongoing government shutdown.

The cuts were ordered as air traffic controllers have missed their paychecks due to the government shutdown, now the longest in U.S. history.

Aviation experts explain the far-reaching impacts of cutting flights at 40 of the nation’s biggest airports.

Flights have been cancelled or delayed, impacting 40 major US airports

Airlines will have to slash hundreds of more flights if shutdown continues into next week.

Federal officials on Saturday canceled hundreds more flights at airports across the United States as the federal government shutdown entered its record-long 39th day on Saturday.

The new restrictions come less than a week after the FAA ordered commercial airlines to cut flights due to air traffic controller staffing shortfalls.

The Federal Aviation Administration imposed restrictions on private flights at 12 major U.S. airports, a business aviation trade group said Monday.

The FAA plans to curb private-jet traffic at 12 major U.S. airports starting Monday.