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The FAA told airlines to increase cancellations at 40 of the country's busiest airports to 6% by Tuesday and ultimately ramp up to 10% by Friday.
With air traffic controller shortages forcing a reduction at 40 major airports, airlines are making strategic decisions about which routes to cut.
Air India said on Monday it will resume New Delhi-China flights starting February 2026, nearly six years after suspension, as recent diplomatic steps are seen as cautiously reopening bilateral links.
Early October, the Ministry of External Affairs announced that India and China had agreed to allow direct flights between the two countries from the 2025 winter schedule starting October 26.
United told USA TODAY on Monday, Nov. 10, that it had cancelled 190 flights for Monday, 269 for Tuesday, and 271 for Wednesday, totaling 730 flights. "We will continue to make rolling updates to our schedule if the government shutdown continues and share the latest information as we have it," the airline said in a Nov. 10 statement.
The Trump administration is scrapping a proposal that would have made airlines pay passengers up to $775 for flight disruptions.
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Air India to resume Delhi-Shanghai flights in February
Air India is restarting its Delhi-Shanghai route from February 1, marking a cautious easing of bilateral tensions between India and China. Flights between the two countries were suspended during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and did not resume after a border clash in the remote mountainous region of Ladakh, opposite Tibet.
The FAA said its flight-reduction emergency order will be lifted on Nov. 17 and that normal operations can resume across the National Airspace System.
A major regional airline has cancelled all flights. “Blue Islands, which operated regional services from airports across the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands, has suspended trading,” the UK Civil Aviation Authority confirmed in a November 15 statement.
Air India will resume non-stop flights between Delhi and Shanghai from February 1, marking its return to mainland China after nearly six years. The airline also plans a Mumbai–Shanghai service in 2026