Trump administration ends flight cuts at busy airports

With the record-breaking federal shutdown over, the Transportation Department said Sunday it is ending a mandate that had led to the cancellation of thousands of flights across the nation.

The 3 percent reductions for domestic flights at 40 busy airports will be canceled at 6 a.m. Monday, DOT and the Federal Aviation Administration announced. That means normal operations can resume across the national airspace as the hectic Thanksgiving holiday week approaches.

“Today’s decision to rescind the [emergency] order reflects the steady decline in staffing concerns,” FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said in a statement.

The department last week froze its cuts at 6 percent, then lowered them to 3 percent, citing an increase in air traffic controllers coming to work. Initially, the reductions had been set to rise to 8 and finally 10 percent.

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