U.S. airlines cancelled nearly 900 flights today, the fewest in six days, after improved staffing among air traffic controllers reduced delay rates to 1 % on Tuesday from an average of 5 %.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is currently enforcing a flight-capacity cap of 6 % at the nation’s 40 busiest airports, down from a planned 8 % cut scheduled for Thursday. Some carriers expect the cap may rise to 10 % by Friday if the staffing situation worsens.

The staffing issues are the result of a sustained federal government shutdown, which has left many air traffic controllers working without pay and contributed to a shortage of approximately 3,500 controllers.

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