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​AMMAN
​Royal Jordanian CEO Samer Majali stated on Saturday that three of the airline’s aircraft were flying in US airspace when the decision to suspend flights was issued, confirming that all three planes completed their journeys safely.
​Majali explained to Al-Mamlaka that the aircraft landed safely at their final destinations in New York, Chicago, and Detroit without any issues whatsoever.
​He noted that the planes were close to their final destinations when the US flight suspension was announced, experiencing landing delays of one to two hours, as US authorities prioritized international flights over domestic ones, keeping delays limited for international arrivals.
​Majali clarified that passengers with domestic US connections or departing flights experienced delays, adding that travelers flying domestically within the United States to connect onward to Jordan who missed their Royal Jordanian flights will have their itineraries rescheduled for Saturday and Sunday at no additional cost. He also noted that US authorities have lifted the airspace closure, and there are no delays affecting Saturday’s departing flights to the United States.
​On Friday, the United States announced the lifting of a hours-long nationwide ground stop across all US airports, with senior officials attributing the disruption to aging equipment while ruling out a cyberattack or any connection to the Microsoft systems outage.
​Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy stated during a late White House press briefing that US airspace was now "open" to air traffic, while cautioning that recovering from the travel disruption would take some time. "At 8:15 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, we opened the airspace," Duffy said, adding, "Does that mean all flights will take off immediately? Traffic will be slow."
​The outage came a day after Duffy and the White House formally requested $30 billion in funding from Congress to modernize and upgrade the US air traffic control system. Duffy noted that the equipment became "overloaded with data, causing it to fail," adding, "It was aging equipment that failed, and I think the question for the American people is: do you want Congress to fund this?" However, he affirmed that air travel remains safe for Americans.
​Source: Rum News Agency