Major airlines could shut down operations for the rest of Friday night in the US while the FAA outage continues, CNN reports, citing an unnamed airline source.
The report was published at 7.06pm ET on 13 November. It said:
"Major airlines could shut down operations for the rest of tonight as the FAA outage continues"
That goes further than anything a carrier has said on the record in the statements covered on this blog. American Airlines said earlier that it expected disruption for the rest of the day, depending on how long the ground stop lasts.
The report rests on a single unnamed source and has not been independently checked.
JetBlue said in a statement that customers scheduled to fly on Friday evening should expect delays and cancellations, according to CNN.
ABC reports that major airlines are offering travel waivers.