Jeremy Siegel

Patricia Andoweg was supposed to fly from Boston to Australia to celebrate her 90th birthday with family this week.

But thanks to a series of delays and now the shutdown-induced cancellations, she missed her connecting flight.

Andoweg says at this point, it's not worth the trip.

I call it the journey to nowhere.

Airlines are phasing in the 10% reduction in flights, so cancellations are expected to become more widespread in the days ahead.

For NPR News, I'm Jeremy Siegel at Logan Airport in Boston.

Patricia Andoweg was supposed to fly from Boston to Australia to celebrate her 90th birthday with family this week.

But thanks to a series of delays and now the shutdown-induced cancellations, she missed her connecting flight.

Andoweg says at this point, it's not worth the trip.

I call it the journey to nowhere.

Airlines are phasing in the 10% reduction in flights, so cancellations are expected to become more widespread in the days ahead.

For NPR News, I'm Jeremy Siegel at Logan Airport in Boston.