(CNN) — Air travelers have been on a wild ride this fall with flight cancellations and staffing shortages related to the US government shutdown, on top of the annual Thanksgiving crush at airports still to come.

Here’s what we know about air travel over the busy holiday period, when nearly 6 million Americans took to the skies last year, according to AAA figures.

Will airline flight schedules be restored to normal by then?

Travel insiders and analysts have said that it could take a week or two for airlines to recover from the recent disruptions, and that depends on the shutdown being resolved by this week’s end.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy suggested on Tuesday during remarks at Central Wisconsin Airport that flight reductions might not end immediately after a deal to end t

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