Hours after the Federal Aviation Administration said it planned to cut 10% of flights across 40 major airports Friday as the U.S. government shutdown drags on, Chicago-based United Airlines released a statement to about which flights and routes would be impacted.

The messaged, titled "An Update on the Government Shutdown from Scott Kirby to United Employees," confirmed the reductions are set to start Nov. 7, with the airline set to make "rolling updates" to its schedule in an effort to give customers advance notice.

"We'll use our app, website and push notifications to communicate to customers directly if their flight changes, and to offer rebooking options," Untied said. "We want to provide them with as much information as we can and in a way that's simple and easy to understand."

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