{"id":41610,"date":"2025-11-06T23:59:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T23:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/41610\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T23:59:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T23:59:14","slug":"will-your-sfo-flight-be-canceled-heres-what-major-airlines-are-saying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/41610\/","title":{"rendered":"Will your SFO flight be canceled? Here\u2019s what major airlines are saying"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s that time of the year again. Halloween decorations are being taken down, and San Franciscans are readying for uncomfortable conversations about politics over Thanksgiving dinner. <\/p>\n

But this holiday season has another bump in the road that could mean headaches, tears, and missed connections. <\/p>\n

The longest government shutdown in history has the Federal Aviation Administration limiting air service by 10% at 40 U.S. airports, including San Francisco International and Oakland International, due to a shortage of air traffic controllers.<\/p>\n

As many as 1,800 flights will be affected, according to the agency.<\/p>\n

So what does SFO have to say about it? Not much. <\/p>\n

\u201cEach airline needs to make their own individual plans to comply with the FAA announcement,\u201d a spokesman said.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what some of the largest airlines at SFO have said about how their schedules will be affected.<\/p>\n

United Airlines<\/p>\n

United, which accounts for almost 50% of travel (opens in new tab)<\/a> at SFO, sent a memo (opens in new tab)<\/a> to customers Wednesday saying flight reductions will begin Friday. <\/p>\n

International flights longer than seven hours will not be affected. Also unaffected are flights between the company\u2019s hubs: Chicago O\u2019Hare, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Newark Liberty International, San Francisco, and Washington\u00a0Dulles.<\/p>\n

The rest of the travel schedule is uncertain. For the most updated information, the airline says, you should \u2014 of course \u2014 download the United app (opens in new tab)<\/a>. <\/p>\n

United is offering refunds \u2014 even for nonrefundable and basic economy tickets \u2014 during this period, applicable even if your flight isn\u2019t among those affected by the shutdown. <\/p>\n

Delta Air Lines<\/p>\n

Delta told customers it expects the \u201cvast majority\u201d of its flights to continue as scheduled, including all long-haul international service.<\/p>\n

The airline is offering customers greater ability to change, cancel, or be refunded for flights, including Delta Main Basic fares. <\/p>\n

American Airlines<\/p>\n

Reduced flight schedules will begin Friday, according to a notice on the company\u2019s website (opens in new tab)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Long-haul international travel will continue as scheduled, and the \u201cvast majority of our customers\u2019 travel will be unaffected,\u201d American says.<\/p>\n

Customers whose flights are canceled for any reason or who choose not to travel will be able to change their ticket or request a refund without penalty.<\/p>\n

Southwest Airlines<\/p>\n

Southwest said it will use submitted contact information to notify customers of any flight changes.<\/p>\n

In most cases, the airline will automatically rebook passengers on another flight. <\/p>\n

If your flight has been canceled or you decide not to travel, you are eligible for a refund. <\/p>\n

Alaska Airlines<\/p>\n

Alaska Airlines employees at SFO reported that it was business as usual, but they were bracing for chaos on Friday. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t know which flight are going to be canceled tomorrow, or how many flights they\u2019re going to reduce,\u201d a gate agent who declined to be identified told The Standard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s that time of the year again. Halloween decorations are being taken down, and San Franciscans are readying…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[2875,101,103,102,104,106,105,4910,2422,13026],"class_list":{"0":"post-41610","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco","8":"tag-airlines","9":"tag-san-francisco","10":"tag-san-francisco-headlines","11":"tag-san-francisco-news","12":"tag-sf","13":"tag-sf-headlines","14":"tag-sf-news","15":"tag-sfo","16":"tag-travel","17":"tag-united-airlines"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}