Transportation
US Airline Executives Ask Congress to End Shutdown, Pay Workers
Travelers wait in line at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston, Texas, on March 9.
Photographer: Mark Felix/BloombergThe top executives of 10 US airlines and aviation companies asked Congress to end the government shutdown that is affecting passengers.
“Americans — who live in your districts and home states — are tired of long lines at airports, travel delays and flight cancellations caused by shutdown after shutdown,” the letter published Saturday said. “Yet, once again air travel is the political football amid another government shutdown.”