Private jets are halted at 12 major airports as air traffic controllers continue to call out amid the shutdown

• The FAA has halted private jet flights at 12 major US airports amid air traffic controller callouts. • This is in addition to the recent 10% cuts to commercial airline flights at 40 major airports. • Some flights, like emergency response, medical flights, and military missions, can continue.

The impacts of the ongoing government shutdown have reached the wealthiest fliers.

As of midnight Monday ET, the Federal Aviation Administration has restricted most general aviation flights, including private jets, at 12 major US airports due to air traffic controller callouts.

That means jet owners, charter operators, and other business aviation companies cannot fly in or out of those hubs.

Ed Bolen, the CEO of the National Business Aviation Association, the private aviation industry's main