Nearly 6,500 flights were cancelled on Saturday, with at least another 760 already scrapped for Sunday. Disruptions continue across the United States following Friday’s air traffic halt ordered by the Federal Aviation Administration, which lasted nearly five hours.
According to flight-tracking platform FlightAware, by 9:30pm Saturday — 3:30am Sunday in Italy — cancellations had reached 6,467, covering domestic flights as well as arrivals and departures from the country. More than 7,700 flights had also racked up delays.
The toll adds to the 9,202 flights cancelled on Friday, when communications problems triggered the shutdown in the first place.
The fallout has hit airlines hard: according to CNN, American Airlines cancelled 42% of its flights on Saturday, while Delta and United each scrapped 26% of theirs.
For Sunday, in addition to the cancellations already reported, around 200 flights were running late.
