(WASHINGTON, D.C.) — The Federal Aviation Administration’s flight reduction emergency order officially ended this morning, allowing normal operations to resume nationwide.
The decision came after safety reviews and improvements in air traffic control staffing levels across the U.S. according to an announcement from the FAA on Sunday.
“I want to thank the FAA’s dedicated safety team for keeping our skies secure during the longest government shutdown in our nation’s history and the country’s patience for putting safety first,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a statement. “Thanks to President Trump’s leadership, controllers have returned to their posts and normal operations can resume.”
Duffy added, “Now we can refocus our efforts on surging controller hiring and building the brand new, state-of-the-art air traffic control system the American people deserve.”
While there were some delays and cancellations at O’Hare on Sunday, there were no disruptions as of 9 a.m. Monday.
