Welcome to Day One of flight-mageddon
Marketplace Morning Report
Marketplace
4.5 • 927 Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2025
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Starting today, the Federal Aviation Administration is requiring airlines to reduce flights at 40 airports because of the strain that air traffic controllers are under during what's turned into the longest federal government shutdown ever. Fewer flights mean reduced supply, just as demand is about to ramp up for the holidays. And there’s gonna be consequences for both airlines and consumers — including likely price increases. Plus, what constitutes a "workplace emergency" these days?
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| 0:59.7 | Start today at LHH.com slash beautiful. Let's do the numbers on flights, with the FAA ordering up some cancellations today at 40 airports. |
| 1:07.5 | I'm David Brancaccio in Los Angeles. |
| 1:10.0 | The Transportation Department is, as of now, phasing in flight cancellations to ease strain on the air traffic system. This amid staff shortages caused by no pay for controllers, with the government still shut down. Looking at Flight Aware's running tally cancellations at Chicago O'Hare, Newark Liberty, Atlanta, |
| 1:27.9 | Hartsfield, Denver, Dallas, LAX, and San Francisco are all running cancellations so far at |
| 1:34.5 | 3% as dawn breaks in the east. Phoenix Sky Harbor shows 4% cancellations. The goal is 4% |
| 1:41.8 | today, rising to 10% by late next week if the government stays closed. |
| 1:46.6 | Here's Marketplace's Nova Safo. |
| 1:48.7 | Airlines have a scheduling mess on their hands and an unprecedented one, says Ahmed Abdelgani of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. |
| 1:57.8 | It's multiple airlines, multiple airports. Unlike, say, a storm or a computer |
| 2:04.3 | outage, this time all carriers across the country have to adjust. Eventually, airlines will not be |
| 2:11.0 | able to fly some of their flights and eventually they have to refund passengers because |
| 2:16.9 | passengers will not be able to travel in some markets. |
| 2:20.9 | Indications are that airlines are focusing on trimming shorter regional routes first. |
| 2:26.6 | And Rebecca Hopp, director of the airport in Boise, Idaho, is preparing. |
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