A Republic Airways plane takes off near the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025.More than 5,000 U.S. flights were delayed on Saturday due to air traffic controller shortages, and the country's airlines will have to cut hundreds more flights next week if Congress can't come to a solution to end the government shutdown — now the longest in U.S. history.Trump administration officials this week ordered airlines to sta ...