The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says it will close air-traffic control towers at 149 airports across the United States due to budget cuts that have forced Washington to make ‘very tough decisions.’
“Unfortunately we are faced with a series of difficult choices that we have to make to reach the required cuts under sequestration,” the FAA said in a statement on Saturday, adding that the closures will begin on April 7.
Towers at regional airports in Frederick, Maryland, and near St. Petersburg, Florida are among those to be closed.