✈️ Government Shutdown: Impact on Travel Plans (AARP Article/Updated)

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FROM THE ARTICLE.

Massive Flight Delays Worry Travelers as Government Shutdown Continues.

Challenges intensify as the holiday travel season looms.

By Berit Thorkelson, AARP. Published October 03, 2025.

➡️[*** Updated October 31, 2025.

The U.S. government shutdown is now headed toward the one-month mark, making it the second-longest shutdown in American history.

It’s closing in on the longest, which was the last shutdown. That ran from Dec. 22, 2018, to Jan. 25, 2019 — 35 days.

USE LINK BELOW TO READ THE ARTICLE.

https://www.aarp.org/travel/travel-tips/government-shutdown-travel-plans/

[MuktaS390247 · Accepted solution]

Yeah, this is stressing a lot of travelers out. I’ve started building in extra time at the airport just in case - better to chill with a coffee than miss your flight because of short staffing.