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After weeks of crippled air travel and the worst disruptions the country has ever seen
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the FAA says the sky is finally open. The FAA announced late Sunday it's lifting all
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restrictions on commercial flights. The emergency limits put in place at 40 major airports during
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the record-long 43-day government shutdown. Airlines went back to full schedule starting
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this morning at 6 a.m. Eastern. The FAA and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said air
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air traffic controller staffing has steadily improved, enough that their safety team now recommends ending the order
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The cuts led to thousands of cancellations, including 2,900 in a single day
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Conditions only eased as more controllers returned to work and Congress moved to end the shutdown
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Air traffic controllers were among the federal workers who worked without pay throughout the impasse
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Airlines say they expect operations to steady quickly, just in time for Thanksgiving travel
