Air travel disruptions mounted across the US as lawmakers pushed to end the federal government shutdown, with an air traffic controllers’ union warning of “the erosion of safety” as the critical workers missed their second-straight full paycheck.
More than 1,600 flights were canceled as of 12:45 p.m. in New York on Monday, according to data compiled by aviation analytics firm Cirium. That’s about 6.3% of the day’s 25,735 scheduled flights.
Chicago O’Hare International Airport had the most cancellations, with nearly 13% of its scheduled flights scrapped. About 11% of flights at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport were canceled, as were ...