But on Wednesday, as the deal to end the shutdown moved toward its final passage, the U.S. Department of Transportation said that flight reductions at those airports will remain at 6%, rather than increasing to 10% as planned, because more air traffic controllers are going into work.

Flight cancelations and delays continued into the seventh day at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport after reductions started during the government shutdown. On Thursday, Nov. 13, 13 flights are shown as canceled, a drop from the 17 cancelations on the morning of Nov. 11 and 33 on Sunday, Nov. 9 at CVG.

Travelers can expect to see fewer flights to many major U.S. cities starting Friday morning. That's when the Federal Aviation Administration says it will reduce traffic across 40 airports to ease the load on the nation’s air traffic controllers.

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Flight delays and cancellations are mounting across the U.S. And they're likely to get worse leading up to Thanksgiving.

For the second day, the Federal Aviation Administration will continue to enforce its mandate to cancel 6% of flights at 40 high-traffic airports, as the U.S.

Major U.S. carriers, including Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, United Airlines, and Southwest Airlines, have canceled hundreds of flights in response to the FAA’s directive, reducing air travel and impacting millions of travelers.