Southwest Airlines today issued a travel advisory on its website warning passengers to expect possible flight delays resulting from the Federal Aviation Administration?s employee furloughs that began Sunday.
The advisory came out as other airlines, including American Airlines, earlier today were diverted some flights from D/FW Airport to Dallas Love Field because of weather and furlough issues. Fort Worth-based American on Saturday issued a travel advisory similar to Southwest?s.
?The duration and frequency of these possible delays is unknown at this time because the FAA has not yet provided precise information to airlines,? Southwest said. The Dallas-based airline encourages customers to sign up for flight status alerts and to check local airport websites for up-to-date flight information.
On Sunday, the FAA began to furlough air traffic controllers every one day out of 10 under? automatic federal spending cuts this year. The Dallas/Fort Worth Airport and Dallas Love Field were not among the airports where the FAA expected to see serious delays on a daily basis, but it said delays still could happen depending on other factors such as weather and traffic at other airports.
The FAA attributed more than 1,200 flight delays nationwide yesterday to staffing shortages, but more than 1,400 other flights were delayed due to weather or other factors.
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