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What we know about XNA flights with FAA cuts

Alex Golden

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Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) flight schedules didn't appear to have many cancellations or delays early this week, but travelers will see a few shutdown-related disruptions.

Catch up quick: The Federal Aviation Administration's order to reduce flights because of the government shutdown took effect Friday, with a full 10% reduction expected by this Friday. While XNA is not one of the 40 directly affected airports, it has regularly scheduled flights to and from 19 of the airports that are.

State of play: United Airlines canceled a flight from Denver to XNA and a flight to Denver scheduled for yesterday, according to a list of United flight cancellations resulting from the mandated reduction. The airline also canceled one flight from Houston and one flight to Houston yesterday plus one flight to Chicago and one flight from Chicago scheduled for tomorrow.

American Airlines has cut its daily number of flights from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport to XNA from 10 to eight, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported.
XNA was not listed on any affected flights or airports from Allegiant Air or Delta Air Lines as of yesterday.
Spokespeople for Frontier Airlines and Breeze Airways did not respond to Axios' request for comment.

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What we know about XNA flights with FAA cuts

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