U.S. airlines began canceling hundreds of flights Thursday due to the Federal Aviation Administration’s order to reduce traffic at the country’s busiest airports starting Friday because of the government shutdown. More than 760 planned Friday flights were cut from airline schedules, according to FlightAware, a website that tracks flight disruptions. That number, already four times higher than Thursday’s daily total, was likely to keep climbing. The 40 airports selected by the FAA span more than

On day one of the FAA's flight reductions, 10 flights leaving Indy were cancelled and seven flying in were cancelled, according to FlightAware. | WTHR-TV

The Federal Aviation Administration announced it would reduce air traffic by 10% across 40 “high volume” markets beginning this Friday. The reduction was prompted due to staffing shortages amid the ongoing government shutdown, which entered its 36th day, the longest in U.S. history. As of Wednesday, more than 1,000 flight delays within, into or out of the U.S. have been delayed, with 90 flights canceled, according to the flight tracking site FlightAware.com. | FOX 4 News