BURBANK, Calif. (KABC) -- Air traffic controllers were slated to return to work and full staffing of the control tower at Hollywood Burbank Airport Tuesday after travelers encountered delays Monday amid a staffing shortage linked to the ongoing federal government shutdown .

Flight operations were scheduled to return to normal with flights starting at 7:00 a.m., according to the operations employee on duty. No major delays or disruptions in operations were reported as of late afternoon.

From 4:15 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday, there were no air traffic controllers in the Burbank tower, and operations were instead run remotely by Southern California TRACON, an approach and departure team out of San Diego. Southern California TRACON already remotely handles a lot of the air traffic across the

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