US flight halt disrupts Icelandair operations

A halt to air traffic across the United States is causing delays and disruption to Icelandair’s route network, the airline said in a statement, according to mbl.is.

The Federal Aviation Administration stopped all flights in the country on Friday evening because of serious failures in air traffic control communications systems.

Shortly before announcing the nationwide halt, the FAA had stopped departures in Chicago because of communications problems affecting air traffic control. International flights will be assessed case by case.