Airlines have canceled more 9,000 flights across the U.S. since the Federal Aviation Administration ordered flight cuts late last week, mostly to ease demand on control towers that are short-staffed during the federal government shutdown .

Although the government appears to be moving to reopen in the coming days, airport disruptions , flight cancellations and economic losses won’t go away all at once.

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