FILE PHOTO: Air traveler sits outside a closed airport gate at LaGuardia Airport in New York, U.S., March 14, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Authority halted arriving flights at LaGuardia Airport in New York on Friday morning as the government dealt with staffing shortages at two air traffic control facilities in New York and Florida.
The FAA said staffing shortages were delaying flights at Newark Liberty International Airport and Philadelphia International airport. The FAA issued a notice that it was halting flights into LaGuardia due to staffing issues.
Reporting by Jonathan Allen and David Shepardson; Editing by Bill Berkrot
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