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Service Advisory: U.S. Flight Groundings and Potential Air Freight Delays

Crane Worldwide Logistics is monitoring the FAA ground stop and potential air freight delays. Learn what it means for your shipments and what to do now.

  • Market Intelligence
  • Article
  • Nov 12, 2026
  • By Crane Worldwide Logistics

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a nationwide ground stop affecting air traffic in the United States. Air shipments, and shipments that depend on air connections, may be delayed as a result. Crane Worldwide Logistics is monitoring the situation and working with carriers and partners. This advisory is limited to confirmed information and will be updated as the situation develops.

What This Means For Shipments

  • Air freight moving to, from or within the United States may be delayed while the ground stop is in effect.
  • Shipments that rely on an air leg as part of a multimodal routing may also be affected, including onward connections.
  • Departure, arrival and connection times may change. Revised timings will depend on carrier schedules and how quickly operations resume.
  • The duration of the ground stop and the resulting delays has not been confirmed.

What Crane Is Doing

  • Monitoring the ground stop and its effect on air services.
  • Working with carriers and partners to understand the impact on affected shipments.
  • Updating delivery estimates on shipments as new information is confirmed, so the most current timing is visible to you.

What You Should Do Now

  • Check the delivery estimates shown on your shipments, as these will change when new information becomes available.
  • Review your time-sensitive air and air-dependent shipments, and consider whether downstream plans such as production, inventory or customer commitments may need adjusting.
  • Contact your Crane sales representative with any time-sensitive questions about specific shipments.

Questions

If you have a time-critical shipment or would like help understanding how this may affect your supply chain, please contact your Crane sales representative. We will share further updates as more information is confirmed.

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