Air travel chaos deepened across the United States on Saturday as airlines cancelled 1,330 flights on the second day of government-mandated flight cuts, while thousands more faced severe delays amid the ongoing federal shutdown.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered airlines to reduce daily flights by 4 per cent at 40 major airports, citing safety concerns due to air traffic controller shortages. Staffing issues have worsened as controllers, unpaid for weeks, increasingly fail to report for duty.

Earlier on Friday, more than 1,200 flights were cancelled nationwide as part of efforts to ease pressure on the system. Major hubs including Atlanta, Denver, Newark, Chicago, Houston, and Los Angeles were among the worst affected.

By Saturday, delays were reported in at least 1

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