By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Flights at Orlando, Dallas/Fort Worth and Washington, D.C. airports were delayed on Thursday due to a shortage of air traffic controllers during the U.S. government shutdown,

WASHINGTON >> Air travel turmoil deepened with more than 1,660 flights delayed nationwide today and more than 8,600 delays on Sunday, with air traffic controller absences surging amid a federal government shutdown now in its 27th day.

Transportation Security Administration checkpoint wait times Monday morning were measured at 18 minutes or less.

Flights into and out of Orlando International Airport were delayed Thursday night because there were no available air traffic controllers, according to federal aviation advisories. One of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s advisories said the airport was under a ground delay program from 10 p.

NEW YORK -- Southwest Airlines canceled more than 1,000 flights Sunday, blaming massive nationwide disruptions on weather and air traffic control issues in Florida two days prior. The flight-tracking website FlightAware.com shows that Southwest canceled 28 ...

Alarm bells are going off for lawmakers after some of the nation’s busiest airports experienced scores of delays over the weekend due to air traffic control staffing shortages as the

It has been a turbulent past few days for Southwest Airlines. Travel troubles continue for the Dallas-based carrier, as flight delays and cancellations created a domino effect at airports across the country. Since Friday, Southwest has canceled well over ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Southwest flights nationwide experienced delays into the evening after a systemwide technical issue Wednesday afternoon, officials said. A ground stop at Midway Airport was briefly in effect. The issue stemmed from an outage, but Southwest ...