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Transportation secretary warns air traffic could be minimized by government shutdown

Sean Duffy said the number of flights affected will multiply if Democrats and Republicans fail to reach a federal budget agreement and reminded that the Thanksgiving holiday is coming up.

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned Sunday that air traffic could "slow to a trickle" in the short term.

The situation comes after the Trump administration ordered flight reductions at 40 airports to minimize risks in the face of a lack of personnel, such as air traffic controllers, due to the partial shutdown of the federal government.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the number of flights affected will multiply if Democrats and Republicans fail to reach a federal budget deal and recalled that the Thanksgiving holiday is coming up soon.

"It's only going to get worse," Duffy said on CNN's "State of the Union," a Sunday news talk show.

"The two weeks before Thanksgiving, you're going to see air travel be reduced to a trickle," he added.

On Sunday morning, more than 1,330 flight cancellations were being recorded within the United States and to and from this country, according to FlightAware data.

Hardest hit airports

Among the hardest hit were the three airports serving New York, Chicago and Atlanta.

Duffy warned that by Thanksgiving not everyone "are not going to be able to get on an airplane, because there are not going to be that many flights" if there is no agreement between Democrats and Republicans.

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