The economic toll of air travel disruption expected to translate to a billion dollars per week on top of the four-billion-dollar hit the travel industry has taken during the shutdown. Travel Editor Peter Greenberg says the ten percent reduction in flights is a double whammy, since Uncle Sam was already about 35-hundred air traffic controllers short before October First. No word yet on when flights will resume, so arrive to the airport early and be prepared for delays. Several airlines are offering cancellations or refunds without penalty.

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