Due to staffing shortages among air traffic controllers amid the government shutdown, the Federal Aviation Administration , or FAA, has announced an overall 10% reduction in air traffic at 40 "high-impact" airports across the country. San Antonio International Airport , or SAT, is not among those listed, transportation officials announced Nov. 6.

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During a Nov. 5 press conference , Sean Duffy, U.S. secretary of transportation, and FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford announced the flight reduction. Duffy said the decision to reduce air traffic was made to ensure a safe environment for air travel.

“We are going to proactively make decisions to keep the airspace safe,” Duffy said at the press conference. “... We had to have a gut check of, 'What is our job? Is it to mak

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