US air travel is beginning to show signs of strain as the government shutdown drags on, with traffic controller shortages snarling thousands of flights into the weekend.
Flights into New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport were temporarily halted Friday afternoon due to staffing constraints. The US
Traffic was slowed at other airports throughout the day, including Newark Liberty International Airport, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Boston Logan International Airport, and in Austin, Houston, Nashville and the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
That ...